Participation of Broker-Dealers in Exchange Offer (a) The Staff has taken the position that any broker-dealer that receives Exchange Securities for its own account in the Exchange Offer in exchange for Securities that were acquired by such broker-dealer as a result of market-making or other trading activities (a “Participating Broker-Dealer”) may be deemed to be an “underwriter” within the meaning of the Securities Act and must deliver a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act in connection with any resale of such Exchange Securities. The Company and the Guarantors understand that it is the Staff’s position that if the Prospectus contained in the Exchange Offer Registration Statement includes a plan of distribution containing a statement to the above effect and the means by which Participating Broker-Dealers may resell the Exchange Securities, without naming the Participating Broker-Dealers or specifying the amount of Exchange Securities owned by them, such Prospectus may be delivered by Participating Broker-Dealers (or, to the extent permitted by law, made available to purchasers) to satisfy their prospectus delivery obligation under the Securities Act in connection with resales of Exchange Securities for their own accounts, so long as the Prospectus otherwise meets the requirements of the Securities Act.
Tender Offers or Exchange Offers If the Company or any of its Subsidiaries makes a payment in respect of a tender offer or exchange offer for shares of Common Stock (other than solely pursuant to an odd-lot tender offer pursuant to Rule 13e-4(h)(5) under the Exchange Act), and the value (determined as of the Expiration Time by the Company in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) of the cash and other consideration paid per share of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer exceeds the Last Reported Sale Price per share of Common Stock on the Trading Day immediately after the last date (the “Expiration Date”) on which tenders or exchanges may be made pursuant to such tender or exchange offer (as it may be amended), then the Conversion Rate will be increased based on the following formula: where: CR0 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately before the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer; CR1 = the Conversion Rate in effect immediately after the Close of Business on the last Trading Day of the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period; AC = the aggregate value (determined as of the time (the “Expiration Time”) such tender or exchange offer expires by the Company in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner) of all cash and other consideration paid for shares of Common Stock purchased or exchanged in such tender or exchange offer; OS0 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately before the Expiration Time (including all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); OS1 = the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after the Expiration Time (excluding all shares of Common Stock accepted for purchase or exchange in such tender or exchange offer); and SP = the average of the Last Reported Sale Prices per share of Common Stock over the ten (10) consecutive Trading Day period (the “Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period”) beginning on, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date; provided, however, that the Conversion Rate will in no event be adjusted down pursuant to this Section 5.05(A)(v), except to the extent provided in the immediately following paragraph. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 5.05(A)(v), (i) if any VWAP Trading Day of the Observation Period for a Note whose conversion will be settled pursuant to Cash Settlement or Combination Settlement occurs during the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer, then, solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Rate for such VWAP Trading Day for such conversion, such Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date for such tender or exchange offer to, and including, such VWAP Trading Day; and (ii) if the Conversion Date for a Note whose conversion will be settled pursuant to Physical Settlement occurs during the Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period for such tender or exchange offer, then, solely for purposes of determining the Conversion Consideration for such conversion, such Tender/Exchange Offer Valuation Period will be deemed to consist of the Trading Days occurring in the period from, and including, the Trading Day immediately after the Expiration Date to, and including, such Conversion Date. To the extent such tender or exchange offer is announced but not consummated (including as a result of the Company being precluded from consummating such tender or exchange offer under applicable law), or any purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock in such tender or exchange offer are rescinded, the Conversion Rate will be readjusted to the Conversion Rate that would then be in effect had the adjustment been made on the basis of only the purchases or exchanges of shares of Common Stock, if any, actually made, and not rescinded, in such tender or exchange offer.
GENERAL OFFER OF TERMS Provider may, by signing the attached form of “General Offer of Privacy Terms” (General Offer, attached hereto as Exhibit “E”), be bound by the terms of Exhibit “E” to any other LEA who signs the acceptance on said Exhibit. The form is limited by the terms and conditions described therein.
Notification of Acceptance of General Offer of Terms Upon execution of Exhibit “E”, General Offer of Terms, Subscribing LEA shall provide notice of such acceptance in writing and given by personal delivery, or e-mail transmission (if contact information is provided for the specific mode of delivery), or first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the designated representative below. The designated representative for notice of acceptance of the General Office of Privacy Terms is: Name: Title: Contact Information:
Private Offering by the Company Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has offered the Notes or any similar securities for sale to, or solicited any offer to buy any of the same from, or otherwise approached or negotiated in respect thereof with, any person other than the Purchasers and not more than five other Institutional Investors, each of which has been offered the Notes at a private sale for investment. Neither the Company nor anyone acting on its behalf has taken, or will take, any action that would subject the issuance or sale of the Notes to the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act or to the registration requirements of any securities or blue sky laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
Tender and Exchange Offers; Redemption, Replacement or Cancellation of Deposited Securities (a) The Depositary shall not tender any Deposited Securities in response to any voluntary cash tender offer, exchange offer or similar offer made to holders of Deposited Securities (a “Voluntary Offer”), except when instructed in writing to do so by an Owner surrendering American Depositary Shares and subject to any conditions or procedures the Depositary may require.
Conformity to Securities Laws Participant acknowledges that the Plan is intended to conform to the extent necessary with all provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and any and all regulations and rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder, and state securities laws and regulations. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Plan shall be administered, and the Shares are to be issued, only in such a manner as to conform to such laws, rules and regulations. To the extent permitted by applicable law, the Plan and this Agreement shall be deemed amended to the extent necessary to conform to such laws, rules and regulations.
The Offer (a) Provided that none of the conditions set forth on Exhibit A hereto shall have occurred and be continuing, as promptly as practicable but in no event later than five business days after the date of the public announcement (on the date hereof or the following day) by Parent and the Company of this Agreement, Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Sub to, commence (within the meaning of Rule 14d-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")), the Offer. The obligation of Sub to, and of Parent to cause Sub to, commence the Offer, conduct and consummate the Offer and accept for payment, and pay for, any Shares tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer shall be subject only to the conditions set forth in Exhibit A (the "Offer Conditions") (any of which may be waived in whole or in part by Sub in its sole discretion). Sub expressly reserves the right, subject to compliance with the Exchange Act, to modify the terms of the Offer, except that, without the express written consent of the Company, Sub shall not (i) reduce the number of Shares subject to the Offer, (ii) reduce the Offer Price, (iii) add to or modify the Offer Conditions, (iv) except as provided in the next two sentences, extend the Offer, (v) change the form of consideration payable in the Offer or (vi) amend or alter any other term of the Offer in any manner adverse to the holders of the Shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Sub may, without the consent of the Company, (A) extend the Offer, if at the scheduled or any extended expiration date of the Offer any of the Offer Conditions shall not be satisfied or waived, until such time as such conditions are satisfied or waived, (B) extend the Offer for any period required by any rule, regulation, interpretation or position of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") or the staff thereof applicable to the Offer, (C) extend the Offer for up to ten business days if the Minimum Tender Condition (as defined in Exhibit A) has not been satisfied as of the scheduled expiration date of the Offer and (D) extend the Offer for any reason for up to two business days. Without limiting the right of Sub to extend the Offer pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, in the event that (i) the Minimum Tender Condition has not been satisfied or (ii) any condition set forth in paragraph (a) of Exhibit A is not satisfied at the scheduled expiration date of the Offer, Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Sub to, extend the expiration date of the Offer in increments of five business days each until the earliest to occur of (x) the satisfaction or waiver of the Minimum Tender Condition or such other condition, or Parent reasonably determines that any Offer Condition is not capable of being satisfied on or prior to December 29, 1998, (y) the termination 9 4 of this Agreement in accordance with its terms and (z) December 29, 1998; provided, however, that if any person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) has publicly made a Takeover Proposal (as defined in Section 6.02(a)) or disclosed in writing its intention to make a Takeover Proposal, Sub shall not be required pursuant to this sentence to extend the Offer for more than 20 business days beyond the date on which such Takeover Proposal was publicly announced or such intention was disclosed if at the end of such 20 business day period the Company has given Parent a Notice of Superior Proposal with respect to the Takeover Proposal. Subject only to the conditions set forth in Exhibit A, Sub shall, and Parent shall cause Sub to, accept for payment, and pay for, all Shares validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer that Sub becomes obligated to accept for payment, and pay for, pursuant to the Offer as soon as practicable after the expiration of the Offer. supplemented to be disseminated to holders of Shares, in each case as and to the extent required by applicable Federal securities laws. The Company and its counsel shall be given reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon the Offer Documents prior to their filing with the SEC or dissemination to the stockholders of the Company. Parent and Sub agree to provide the Company and its counsel any comments Parent, Sub or their counsel may receive from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Offer Documents promptly after the receipt of such comments.
Offers to Repurchase by Application of Excess Proceeds (a) In the event that, pursuant to Section 4.10 hereof, the Issuer shall be required to commence an Asset Sale Offer, it shall follow the procedures specified below.
Authorization of the Offered Securities The Offered Securities have been duly authorized for issuance and sale pursuant to this Agreement and, when issued and delivered by the Company against payment therefor pursuant to this Agreement, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except as the enforceability thereof may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and by equitable principles of general applicability, and the issuance and sale of the Offered Securities is not subject to any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other similar rights to subscribe for or purchase the Offered Securities.
