Alternative Transactions As of the date hereof, the Company is not pursuing, or in discussions or negotiations regarding, any solicitation, offer, or proposal from any Person concerning any actual or proposed Alternative Transaction and, as applicable, has terminated any existing discussions or negotiations regarding any actual or proposed Alternative Transaction.
Additional Financing The Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that, except for Permitted Encumbrances and except as otherwise contemplated in the Mortgage, without the prior written consent of the Significant Bondholder, if any, it shall not create, incur, assume or guaranty any financing secured by the Project or other financings except (i) the transactions contemplated in the Subordinate Loan Documents, (ii) the Permitted Encumbrances and as otherwise contemplated in the Mortgage, and (iii) unsecured loans or advances by the Borrower’s partners as contemplated or permitted by the Partnership Agreement.
Refinancing Facilities (a) Upon written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Borrower may from time to time elect to refinance any Class of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, in whole or in part, with one or more new term loan facilities (each, a “Refinancing Term Facility”) or new revolving credit facilities (each, a “Refinancing Revolving Credit Facility”; the Refinancing Term Facilities and the Refinancing Revolving Credit Facilities are collectively referred to as “Refinancing Facilities”), respectively, under this Agreement with the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the institutions providing such Refinancing Term Facility or Refinancing Revolving Credit Facility or, in the case of any series of Term Loans, with one or more series of senior unsecured notes or term loans or senior secured first lien notes or term loans or senior secured junior lien (as compared to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations) term loans, in each case, if secured, that will be secured by Liens on the Collateral on a pari passu basis or junior priority basis (as applicable) with the Liens on Collateral securing the Secured Obligations and will be subject to customary intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (any such notes or loans, “Refinancing Equivalent Debt”); provided that (i) except with respect to customary bridge loans, any Refinancing Term Facility or Refinancing Equivalent Debt does not mature, or have a weighted average life to maturity, earlier than the final maturity, or the weighted average life, of the Class of Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans being refinanced, (ii) any Refinancing Revolving Credit Facility does not mature prior to the maturity date of the Revolving Credit Commitments being refinanced, (iii) the other terms and conditions of such Refinancing Term Facility, Refinancing Revolving Credit Facility or Refinancing Equivalent Debt (excluding pricing and optional prepayment or redemption terms) are (taken as a whole) no more favorable to the lenders or investors, as applicable, providing such Refinancing Term Facility, Refinancing Revolving Credit Facility or Refinancing Equivalent Debt, as applicable, than those applicable to the Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans or the Revolving Credit Commitments being refinanced, (iv) there shall be no borrower, issuer and/or guarantor under any Refinancing Equivalent Debt other than the Borrower and/or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, (v) the proceeds of any Refinancing Facility or Refinancing Equivalent Debt shall be applied, substantially simultaneously with the incurrence thereof, to the prepayment of outstanding Loans (and, in the case of any Refinancing Facility or Refinancing Equivalent Debt the proceeds of which are used to refinance the Revolving Credit Commitments, to the pro rata commitment reduction) under the facility being refinanced, and (vi) to the extent secured, any such Refinancing Facility or Refinancing Equivalent Debt shall not be secured by any lien on any asset that does not also secure the Facilities. Each such notice shall specify the date on which the Borrower proposes that the Refinancing Facility shall be made or the Refinancing Equivalent Debt shall be issued, which shall be a date not less than three (3) Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent.
CONSULTATIVE MECHANISMS An enterprise consultative committee may be established to assist in the implementation of this Agreement. The Consultative Committee cannot discuss or pass resolutions that negate or amend the terms or intent of this Agreement or the VBIA or the Award. The committee would consist of equal numbers of management and employee representatives. The employee representatives will be elected by the shop floor employees of the enterprise. Elected representatives will be given adequate time for meetings and to consult with employees before and after meetings. The quorum for a meeting shall be four, at least half of whom must be employee representatives. The Secretary of the CEPU (Plumbing Division) or nominee shall have a standing invitation to participate in meetings. Any issue that cannot be resolved shall be dealt with in accordance with the Dispute Settlement Procedure set out in this Agreement.
Debt Financing (a) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain, or cause to be obtained, $5,000,000,000 of Debt Financing on the terms and conditions set forth in the Debt Financing Commitment as promptly as reasonably practicable and shall not, without the Special Committee’s prior written consent, permit any amendment or modification to be made to, or any waiver of any provision under, the Debt Financing Commitment, if such amendment, modification or waiver (i) reduces (or could have the effect of reducing) the aggregate amount of the Debt Financing (including by increasing the amount of fees to be paid or original issue discount in respect of the Debt Financing) or (ii) imposes new or additional conditions or otherwise expands, amends or modifies any of the conditions to the Debt Financing, or otherwise expands, amends or modifies any other provision of the Debt Financing Commitment, in a manner that would reasonably be expected to (x) materially delay or prevent or make less likely the funding of the Debt Financing (or satisfaction of the conditions to the Debt Financing) on the Closing Date or (y) adversely impact the ability of the Company and/or the Borrowers to enforce their respective rights against other parties to the Debt Financing Commitment or the definitive agreements with respect thereto, in each case, relating to the funding thereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that the Company, without the consent of the Special Committee, may amend the Debt Financing in any manner the Company Board determines is in the best interests of the Company (including to add lenders, arrangers, bookrunners, agents, managers or similar entities that have not executed the Debt Financing Commitment and amend the economic and other arrangements with respect to the existing and additional lenders, arrangers, bookrunners, agents, managers or similar entities) so long as such amendment would not reasonably be expected to (x) materially delay or prevent or make less likely the funding of the Debt Financing (or satisfaction of the conditions to the Debt Financing) on or prior to the Closing Date, (y) adversely impact the ability of the Company and/or the Borrowers to enforce their respective rights against other parties to the Debt Financing Commitment or the definitive agreements with respect thereto, in each case, relating to the funding thereunder or (z) result in the net proceeds of the Debt Financing being made available to the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates, as applicable, in an amount which is not sufficient to satisfy the condition set forth in Section 5.01(e)(iii).
Alternative Transaction In the event that, in lieu of the Arrangement, the Purchaser seeks to complete the acquisition of the Company Shares other than as contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement on a basis that (a) provides for economic terms which, in relation to the Shareholder, on an after-tax basis, are at least equivalent to or better than those contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement taking into account the Intended Tax Treatment, (b) would not likely result in a delay or time to completion beyond the Voting Support Outside Date, and (c) is otherwise on terms and conditions not materially more onerous on the Shareholder than the Arrangement (including any take-over bid) any such transaction, an “Alternative Transaction”), then during the term of this Agreement the Shareholder may, on its own accord, and shall, upon written request of the Purchaser, support the completion of such Alternative Transaction in the same manner as the Arrangement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement mutatis mutandis, including by (A) depositing or causing the deposit of its Subject Shares (including any Company Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise, conversion or vesting, as applicable, of any Company Options, Company Compensation Options or Company RSUs) into an Alternative Transaction conducted by way of a take-over bid made by the Purchaser or an affiliate of Purchaser and not withdrawing them; and/or (B) voting or causing to be voted all of the Subject Shares (to the extent that they carry the right to vote) in favour of, and not dissenting from, such Alternative Transaction proposed by the Purchaser, provided however that the Shareholder shall not be required to exercise, convert or exchange any Subject Shares (other than Company Shares) in connection with an Alternative Transaction.
Purchase Mechanism If the Focus Investor exercises its rights provided in this Section 4.5, the closing of the purchase of the New Securities with respect to which such right has been exercised shall take place within 30 calendar days after the giving of notice of such exercise, which period of time shall be extended for a maximum of 180 days in order to comply with applicable laws and regulations (including receipt of any applicable regulatory or corporate approvals). The Company and the Focus Investor agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to secure any regulatory or corporate approvals or other consents, and to comply with any law or regulation necessary in connection with the offer, sale and purchase of, such New Securities.
Bridge Financing The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to obtain no later than October 30, 2004 a commitment letter (the “Bridge Financing Commitment Letter”) expiring no earlier than January 30, 2005, from a reputable financial institution in substantially the same form and substance as Exhibit F attached hereto, to provide financing on terms and conditions no less favorable than those described on Exhibit F attached hereto.
Fund/SERV Transactions If the parties choose to use the National Securities Clearing Corporation’s Mutual Fund Settlement, Entry and Registration Verification (“Fund/SERV”) or any other NSCC service, the following provisions shall apply: The Company and the Fund or its designee will each be bound by the rules of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”) and the terms of any NSCC agreement filed by it or its designee with the NSCC. Without limiting the generality of the following provisions of this section, the Company and the Fund or its designee will each perform any and all duties, functions, procedures and responsibilities assigned to it and as otherwise established by the NSCC applicable to Fund/SERV, the Mutual Fund Profile Service, the Networking Matrix Level utilized and any other relevant NSCC service or system (collectively, the “NSCC Systems”). Any information transmitted through the NSCC Systems by any party or its designee to the other or its designee and pursuant to this Agreement will be accurate, complete, and in the format prescribed by the NSCC. Each party or its designee will adopt, implement and maintain procedures reasonably designed to ensure the accuracy of all transmissions through the NSCC Systems and to limit the access to, and the inputting of data into, the NSCC Systems to persons specifically authorized by such party. On each day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and on which the Fund calculates its net asset value pursuant to the rules of the SEC (“Business Day”), the Company shall aggregate and calculate the net purchase and redemption orders for each Account received by the Company by the close of the New York Stock Exchange (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) (the “Close of Trading”) on the Business Day. The Company shall communicate to the Fund or its designee for that Business Day, by Fund/SERV, the net aggregate purchase or redemption orders (if any) for each Account received by the Close of Trading on such Business Day (the “Trade Date”) no later than 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time (or such other time as may be agreed by the parties from time to time) (the “Fund/SERV Transactions Deadline”) on the Business Day following the Trade Date. All such aggregated orders communicated to the Fund or its designee by the Fund/SERV Transactions Deadline on the Business Day following the Trade Date shall be treated by the Fund or its designee as if received prior to the Close of Trading on the Trade Date. All orders received by the Company after the Close of Trading on a Business Day shall not be aggregated with Orders received by the Company prior to the Close of Trading on such Business Day and shall be communicated to BRIL or its designee as part of an aggregated order no sooner than after the FUND/SERV Transactions Deadline or such other time as may be agreed by the parties from time to time) the following Business Day. Cash settlement shall be transmitted pursuant to the normal NSCC settlement process. In the case of delayed settlement, the Fund or its designee shall make arrangements for the settlement of redemptions by wire no later than the time permitted for settlement of redemption orders by the 1940 Act. Unless otherwise informed in writing, such redemption wires should be sent to an account specified by the Company and agreed to by Fund Parties.
Financing Commitments An executed commitment letter from Bank of America, N.A. ("Bank of America"), Banc of America Bridge LLC ("Banc of America Bridge") and Banc of America Securities LLC dated as of December 20, 2000 (the "Bank Commitment Letter"), is included in Section 2.2(c) of the Holdings Disclosure Schedule. Pursuant to the Bank Commitment Letter and subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, (i) Bank of America has committed to provide senior debt financing to Merger Sub in the amount of $470,000,000, consisting of a $370,000,000 term loan and a $100,000,000 revolving credit facility and Banc of America Bridge has committed to purchase unsecured senior subordinated debt securities of the Company in the aggregate amount of $200,000,000. The Company has also received a copy of a commitment letter, a true and correct copy of which is included in Section 2.2(b) of the Holdings Disclosure Schedule (the "Vestar Commitment Letter"), dated December 20, 2000 from Vestar Capital Partners IV, L.P. ("Vestar") pursuant to which Vestar has committed, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, to purchase equity securities of Investors for an aggregate purchase price of $133,900,405. The Company has also received a copy of a commitment letter, a true and correct copy of which is included in Section 2.2(c) of the Holdings Disclosure Schedule (the "Marathon Fund Commitment Letter" and, together with the Bank Commitment Letter and the Vestar Commitment Letter, the "Commitment Letters" and the financing to be provided thereunder, the "Financing"), dated December 20, 2000 from Marathon Fund Limited Partnership IV ("Marathon") pursuant to which Marathon has committed, subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, to purchase equity securities of Investors for an aggregate purchase price of $35,000,000. The obligations to fund the commitments under the Commitment Letters are not subject to any condition other than set forth in the Commitment Letters. Holdings and Merger Sub have no actual knowledge of any fact or occurrence existing on the date of this Agreement which in their good faith judgment would reasonably be expected to (i) make the material assumptions or statements set forth in the Bank Commitment Letter inaccurate, (ii) cause the Bank Commitment Letter to be ineffective or (iii) preclude in any material respect the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in the Bank Commitment Letter. As of the date hereof, the Commitment Letters are in full force and effect and have not been amended in any material respect. To the knowledge of Holdings and Merger Sub, assuming all of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth herein are true, the funds contemplated to be received pursuant to the Commitment Letters together with the roll over contributions to be made as set forth in the Management Equity Agreements and the Other Equity Agreements will be sufficient to consummate the Merger and to pay all related fees and expenses. The financing and other fees that are due and payable under the Commitment Letters have been paid in full. Holdings and Merger Sub believe that, upon consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Financing, (i) the Surviving Corporation will not be insolvent, (ii) the Surviving Corporation will not be left with unreasonably small capital, (iii) the Surviving Corporation will not have incurred debts beyond its ability to pay such debts as they mature and (iv) the capital of the Surviving Corporation will not be impaired.
