Post-Closing Purchase Price Adjustment (a) As soon as practicable, but no later than forty-five (45) calendar days after the Closing Date, Buyer shall cause to be prepared and delivered to Griffon a single statement (the “Closing Statement”) setting forth Buyer’s calculation of (i) the Net Working Capital, (ii) based on such Net Working Capital amount, the Net Working Capital Adjustment, (iii) the Closing Date Funded Indebtedness, (iv) the Closing Date Cash, (v) the Transaction Related Expenses and the components thereof in reasonable detail. Buyer’s calculation of the Net Working Capital, the Net Working Capital Adjustment, the Closing Date Funded Indebtedness, the Closing Date Cash and the Transaction Related Expenses set forth in the Closing Statement shall be prepared and calculated in good faith, and in the manner and on a basis consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Accounting Principles (in the case of Net Working Capital) and the definitions thereof, and in the case of Net Working Capital shall also be in the same form and include the same line items as the Estimated Net Working Capital calculation, and shall otherwise (x) not include any changes in assets or liabilities as a result of purchase accounting adjustments or other changes arising from or resulting as a consequence of the transactions contemplated hereby, (y) be based on facts and circumstances as they exist as of the Closing and (z) exclude the effect of any decision or event occurring on or after the Closing. In furtherance of the foregoing, Buyer acknowledges and agrees that the Accounting Principles are not intended to permit the introduction of different judgments, accounting methods, policies, principles, practices, procedures, classifications or estimation methodologies. If the Closing Statement is not so timely delivered by Buyer for any reason, then the Estimated Closing Statement shall be considered for all purposes of this Agreement as the Closing Statement, from which the Seller will have all of its rights under this Section 2.7 with respect thereto, including the right to dispute the calculations set forth in the Estimated Closing Statement in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 2.7(b) and Section 2.7(c) mutatis mutandis.
Purchase Price Adjustment (a) As soon as reasonably practicable, following each Closing Date, Purchaser shall prepare, or shall cause to be prepared, a Final Closing Statement for each Target Business Segment that is the subject of such Closing and a certificate of the chief financial officer directly overseeing the Target Companies comprising such Target Business Segment certifying that the Final Closing Statement was prepared in accordance with the Agreed Accounting Principles and engage Deloitte and Touche LLP (or such other registered public accounting firm of international reputation which is mutually acceptable to Parent and Purchaser) (the “Accounting Expert”) to (i) audit the Final Closing Statement and issue a report thereon, and (ii) certify in writing to Parent and Purchaser that such audit was conducted in accordance with the terms hereof, and Purchaser shall cause such report and such certificate to be produced no later than 120 days following each Closing Date. The Accounting Expert shall be provided reasonable access to the books, records and other relevant information of the Target Companies, Purchaser, Parent and their respective Representatives, to the extent necessary to complete its audit of the Final Closing Statement, and Purchaser and Parent shall, and shall cause their Representatives (including the Subject Companies) to, make reasonably available their respective personnel directly responsible for and knowledgeable about the information to be used in, and reasonably necessary for the preparation of, such Final Closing Statement and in order to respond to inquiries made by the Accounting Expert, and Purchaser shall cause the Subject Companies to prepare and deliver customary management representation letters as may be requested by the Accounting Expert. Parent shall be provided reasonable access to the books, records and other relevant information of the Target Companies, Purchaser, and their respective Representatives (including the working papers of Parent and the Accounting Expert in connection with the preparation and audit of the applicable Final Closing Statement), and Purchaser and Parent shall, and shall cause their Representatives (including the Subject Companies) to, make reasonably available their respective personnel directly responsible for and knowledgeable about the information to be used in the Final Closing Statement in order to respond to inquiries made by Parent. The Final Closing Statement shall be final and binding and shall be used in determining the Adjustment Amount, absent manifest error. The fees and expenses of the Accounting Expert shall be borne by Parent.
Purchase Price Allocation (a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Purchase Price (plus Assumed Liabilities to the extent properly taken into account under the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder) shall be allocated among the Purchased Assets, (and, to the extent appropriate under applicable Law, the Sublease, the Real Property License and the licenses and covenant not to compete contained in the IP License Agreement) in accordance with applicable Law, including Section 1060 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder (the “Allocation”) and in accordance with the principles set forth in Exhibit K. Purchaser shall provide Seller Parent with a preliminary Allocation no later than ninety (90) days after the Closing Date. If Seller Parent disagrees with any item reflected on the preliminary Allocation provided by Purchaser, Seller Parent shall notify Purchaser of such disagreement and its reasons for so disagreeing within thirty (30) days of receipt of such Allocation, in which case Seller Parent and Purchaser shall attempt to resolve in good faith the disagreement. If Seller Parent does not notify Purchaser of a disagreement within such thirty (30) day period, the preliminary Allocation prepared by Purchaser shall become the final Allocation. To the extent Seller Parent and Purchaser cannot agree on a mutually acceptable determination and/or allocation of the consideration within fifteen (15) days following Purchaser’s receipt of Seller Parent’s objections (if any), such determination and/or allocation shall be made by a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants agreed upon by Seller Parent and Purchaser, within fifteen (15) days following the referral of the matter to such firm of independent public accountants) and whose decision shall be final and binding and whose expenses shall be shared equally by Seller Parent and Purchaser.
Closing Adjustment Not less than three (3) Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date, Sellers shall provide Purchasers with a certificate signed by an officer of each of the Sellers attaching reasonable and good faith estimates (the “Closing Estimates”) of each of (i) the Closing Working Capital (the “Estimated Closing Working Capital”), (ii) the Closing Cash Amount (the “Estimated Closing Cash Amount”); (iii) the Closing Date Indebtedness (the “Estimated Closing Date Indebtedness”); (iv) the Closing Date Transaction Fees (the “Estimated Closing Date Transaction Fees”); and (v) the Closing Adjustment (as defined below). Each of the Closing Estimates shall be determined in accordance with the Accounting Methodology. Purchasers shall be entitled to review, and propose reasonable changes to the Closing Estimates and Sellers shall provide Purchasers and their Representatives with reasonable access, at reasonable times following prior notice, to the officers, employees, agreements and books and records of the Transferred Entities to verify the accuracy of such amounts. The Sellers shall consider the Purchasers’ proposed changes in good faith. If the Parties are unable to reach agreement on any proposed changes, the Closing Estimates (and the components thereof) as proposed by the Sellers shall control solely for purposes of payments to be made at Closing and shall not limit or otherwise effect the Purchasers’ remedies under this Agreement or otherwise constitute an acknowledgment by Purchasers of the accuracy of the Closing Estimates. The “Closing Adjustment” shall equal (i) the Estimated Closing Working Capital, plus (ii) the Estimated Closing Cash Amount, less (iii) the Target Working Capital, less (iv) the Estimated Closing Date Indebtedness, and (v) less the Estimated Closing Date Transaction Fees.
Estimated Closing Statement Not less than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Seller shall prepare and deliver to the Buyer a statement (the “Estimated Closing Statement”), certified in writing by an executive officer of the Seller, setting forth, in reasonable detail, (i) the Seller’s good faith calculation, together with reasonably detailed supporting documentation, of the estimated Closing Date Net Working Capital (the “Estimated Closing Date Net Working Capital”) and the components thereof; (ii) the Estimated Working Capital Increase or Estimated Working Capital Decrease, as the case may be; and (iii) the resulting calculation of the Purchase Price (the resulting amount, the “Estimated Purchase Price”), in each case calculated pursuant to the Accounting Principles. The Seller and the Owner, during the period from the delivery of the Estimated Closing Statement through the Closing Date, shall, and shall cause their respective managers, officers, employees, accountants, and other relevant advisors to, provide the Buyer (and its auditors, advisors, counsel, and other representatives) reasonable access to the books and records, outside accounting firm, working papers (subject to the execution of customary access letters), personnel, and facilities of the Seller in order to complete their review of the Estimated Closing Statement and the calculations set forth therein, and the Seller shall consider in good faith any comments made by the Buyer to the Estimated Closing Statement. The Buyer’s failure to make any comment regarding, or to dispute any amount included in, the Estimated Closing Statement shall not limit, or have any effect on, the Buyer’s rights pursuant to Section 2.05(b) to conduct a review of the Estimated Closing Date Net Working Capital, the Estimated Working Capital Increase or Estimated Working Capital Decrease, as the case may be, and the resulting calculation of the Purchase Price. The Seller and the Owner shall cooperate with the Buyer’s review of the Estimated Closing Statement and the Buyer and the Seller shall negotiate in good faith prior to the Closing to resolve any reasonable objection the Buyer may have to the estimates or calculations contained therein.
Purchase Price Allocations A portion of the Purchase Price has been allocated by Buyer to the various Subject Interests in Property Subdivisions in the manner and in accordance with the respective values set forth in Part II of the Property Schedule. If any adjustment is made to the Purchase Price pursuant to this Section 6.2, a corresponding adjustment shall be made to the portion of the Purchase Price allocated to the affected Property Subdivision in Part II of the Property Schedule.
Post-Closing Adjustment (i) Within sixty (60) days following the Closing Date, Seller shall prepare and deliver to Buyer a statement (the “Closing Statement”) that shall set forth in reasonable detail Seller’s calculation of the net amount of all adjustments to the Base Purchase Price required by Section 2.6(a) taking into account actual data (the “Purchase Price Adjustment”), together with reasonable supporting material regarding the computation thereof. Buyer shall have thirty (30) days to review the Closing Statement following receipt thereof. On or before the end of such 30-day review period, Buyer may object to the Closing Statement by written notice to Seller (the “Objection Notice”), setting forth Buyer’s specific objections to the calculation of the Purchase Price Adjustment. Such Objection Notice shall specify those items or amounts with which Buyer disagrees, together with a detailed written explanation of the reasons for disagreement with each such item or amount (and reasonable supporting material therefor), and shall set forth Buyer’s calculation of the Purchase Price Adjustment based on such objections. To the extent not set forth in a timely-delivered Objection Notice, Buyer shall be deemed to have agreed with Seller’s calculation of all other items and amounts contained in the Closing Statement and neither party may thereafter dispute any item or amount not set forth in such Objection Notice. If Buyer does not timely deliver any Objection Notice, Buyer shall be deemed to have agreed with and accepted Seller’s calculation of the Purchase Price Adjustment, and the Closing Statement shall be final and binding on the Parties as of the end of Buyer’s 30-day review period.
Purchase Price Adjustments (a) No later than 75 days following the Closing, Purchaser shall cause to be prepared and delivered to Seller a statement (the “Post-Closing Payment Statement”) setting forth (i) Purchaser’s good faith calculation of the aggregate amount of the Cash Equivalents, (ii) Purchaser’s good faith calculation of the Net Working Capital and the resulting amount, if any, by which the Net Working Capital is less than (or greater than) Target Working Capital, (iii) Purchaser’s good faith estimate of the Closing Indebtedness, (iv) Purchaser’s calculation of the Aggregate Purchase Price based on the foregoing and (v) Purchaser’s calculation of the Loan Receivables. If Seller accepts the Post-Closing Payment Statement in writing, or if Seller fails to notify Purchaser of any dispute with respect thereto within 30 days following receipt thereof, then the calculation of the Aggregate Purchase Price and the components thereof and Purchaser’s calculation of the Loan Receivables as set forth in the Post-Closing Payment Statement shall be deemed final and conclusive and binding upon all parties. If Seller disputes the accuracy of the calculation of the Aggregate Purchase Price or any component thereof or the calculation of the Loan Receivables set forth in the Post-Closing Payment Statement, Seller shall provide written notice to Purchaser no later than 30 days following receipt of the Post-Closing Payment Statement (the “Dispute Notice”), setting forth in reasonable detail those items that Seller disputes, the amounts of any adjustments that are necessary in Seller’s judgment for the computation of the Aggregate Purchase Price or the components thereof or the calculation of the Loan Receivables to conform to the requirements of this Agreement, and the basis for its suggested adjustments. During the 30-day period following delivery of a Dispute Notice, Purchaser and Seller will negotiate in good faith with a view to resolving their disagreements over the disputed items. From and after the delivery of the Post-Closing Payment Statement to Seller and until the final determination of the Aggregate Purchase Price and the Loan Receivables in accordance with this Section 2.6, Seller and its agents will be provided with such reasonable access during normal business hours to the relevant portions of the financial books and records of the Company and its Subsidiary and access to the agents and employees of the Company and its Subsidiary (including independent accountants and their work papers, subject to execution of customary access papers) as Seller may reasonably request to enable it to respond to the Post-Closing Payment Statement. If the parties resolve their differences over the disputed items in accordance with the foregoing procedure, the Aggregate Purchase Price and the Loan Receivables shall be the amount agreed upon by them. If the parties fail to resolve their differences over the disputed items within such 30-day period, then Purchaser and Seller shall forthwith jointly engage the Accounting Arbitrator to make a binding determination as to the disputed items in accordance with this Agreement. The “
Adjustment to Purchase Price All indemnification payments pursuant to this Article IX shall be deemed to be adjustments to the Purchase Price.
Adjustment Amount (a) As soon as reasonably practicable following the Closing Date, and in any event on or before the date that is the later of forty-five (45) days after the Closing Date and January 31, 2019, Acquiror shall prepare and deliver to the Holder Representative an unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company Group (the “Closing Balance Sheet”) and an unaudited consolidated statement of the Company Group as of the close of business on the Closing Date (the “Closing Statement”) setting forth (i) a calculation of the Closing Date Net Working Capital, (ii) a calculation of the Closing Date Indebtedness, (iii) a calculation of the Holder Expenses, (iv) a calculation of the Closing Date Cash, (v) a calculation of the Closing Date Other Adjustment Amount, (vi) the Closing Consideration calculated based on the items in the foregoing clauses (i) through (v), and (vii) the Current Blocker Tax Liabilities. The Closing Balance Sheet, the Closing Statement, including the Closing Date Net Working Capital, the Closing Date Indebtedness, the Holder Expenses, the Closing Date Cash and the Closing Date Other Adjustment Amount and the Current Blocker Tax Liabilities shall be determined on a consolidated basis using the Agreed Accounting Principles, and shall not include any changes in assets or liabilities as a result of purchase or other non-cash accounting adjustments or other changes arising from or resulting as a consequence of the transactions contemplated hereby. The parties agree that the purpose of preparing the Closing Balance Sheet and the Closing Statement, including the Closing Date Net Working Capital, the Closing Date Indebtedness, the Holder Expenses, the Closing Date Cash and the Closing Date Other Adjustment Amount and the related purchase price adjustment contemplated by this Section 2.7 is to measure the amount of the Closing Date Net Working Capital, the Closing Date Indebtedness, the Holder Expenses, the Closing Date Cash, the Closing Date Other Adjustment Amount, the Closing Consideration, and the Current Blocker Tax Liabilities, and such processes are not intended to permit the introduction of different judgments, accounting methods, policies, principles, practices, procedures, classifications or estimation methodologies for the purpose of preparing the Closing Statement or determining the Closing Date Net Working Capital, the Closing Date Indebtedness, the Holder Expenses, the Closing Date Cash, the Closing Date Other Adjustment Amount, and the Current Blocker Tax Liabilities unless such differences are required by GAAP. Following the Closing, Holder Representative and its representatives shall have the right to reasonable access following prior notice to the books, records, the chief financial officer and auditors of the Company Group to the extent relevant for its review of the Closing Statement and the Surviving Entity shall cause the employees and auditors of the Company Group to reasonably cooperate with the Holder Representative in connection with its review of the Closing Statement (subject to customary access agreements as may be required by such auditors).
