Agreements with Regulatory Agencies Except as set forth on Schedule E, neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary is subject to any material cease-and-desist or other similar order or enforcement action issued by, or is a party to any material written agreement, consent agreement or memorandum of understanding with, or is a party to any commitment letter or similar undertaking to, or is subject to any capital directive by, or since December 31, 2006, has adopted any board resolutions at the request of, any Governmental Entity (other than the Appropriate Federal Banking Agencies with jurisdiction over the Company and the Company Subsidiaries) that currently restricts in any material respect the conduct of its business or that in any material manner relates to its capital adequacy, its liquidity and funding policies and practices, its ability to pay dividends, its credit, risk management or compliance policies or procedures, its internal controls, its management or its operations or business (each item in this sentence, a “Regulatory Agreement”), nor has the Company or any Company Subsidiary been advised since December 31, 2006 by any such Governmental Entity that it is considering issuing, initiating, ordering, or requesting any such Regulatory Agreement. The Company and each Company Subsidiary are in compliance in all material respects with each Regulatory Agreement to which it is party or subject, and neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has received any notice from any Governmental Entity indicating that either the Company or any Company Subsidiary is not in compliance in all material respects with any such Regulatory Agreement. "Appropriate Federal Banking Agency" means the “appropriate Federal banking agency” with respect to the Company or such Company Subsidiaries, as applicable, as defined in Section 3(q) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. Section 1813(q)).
Third Party Approvals (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Parent and the Partnership and their respective Subsidiaries will cooperate and use their respective commercially reasonable efforts to prepare all documentation, to effect all filings, to obtain all permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of all Governmental Authorities and third parties necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and to comply with the terms and conditions of such permits, consents, approvals and authorizations and to cause the Merger to be consummated as expeditiously as practicable. Each of Parent and the Partnership has the right to review in advance, and to the extent practicable each will consult with the other, in each case subject to applicable Laws relating to the exchange of information, with respect to, all material written information submitted to any third party or any Governmental Authorities in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. In exercising the foregoing right, each of the Parties agrees to act reasonably and promptly. Each Party agrees that it will consult with the Other Parties with respect to the obtaining of all material permits, consents, approvals and authorizations of all third parties and Governmental Authorities necessary or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and each Party will keep the Other Parties apprised of the status of material matters relating to completion of the transactions contemplated hereby.
(b) Each of Parent and the Partnership agrees, upon request, to furnish the Other Party with all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, directors, officers and unitholders and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the Partnership Proxy Statement, the Registration Statement or any filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of such Other Party or any of such Other Party’s Subsidiaries to any Governmental Authority in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
(c) This Section 7.9 shall not apply to (i) approval under Antitrust Laws or (ii) approval of the SEC of the Registration Statement and Partnership Proxy Statement.
Authority; No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents (a) The Seller and each of the Selling Subsidiaries, as applicable, has all requisite power and authority to enter into this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party and to consummate the Contemplated Transactions. The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller and each of the Selling Subsidiaries, as applicable, of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it will be a party and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or similar action on the part of the Seller and each of the Selling Subsidiaries. This Agreement and each such Ancillary Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Seller and each of the Selling Subsidiaries, as applicable, and this Agreement and each such Ancillary Agreement is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller and each of the Selling Subsidiaries, as applicable, enforceable against the Seller and each of the Selling Subsidiaries, as applicable, in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium or other similar Laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and by equitable principles, including those limiting the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief and other equitable remedies and those providing for equitable defenses (the “Bankruptcy Exception”).
(b) The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller and each of the Selling Subsidiaries, as applicable, of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party, and the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, do not and will not (i) conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, any provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or By-laws or similar organizational documents of the Seller and each of the Selling Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with, or result in any violation or breach of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) a default (or give rise to a right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or loss of any material benefit) under, require a consent or waiver under, require the payment of a penalty under or result in the imposition of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens, on or with respect to any of the Transferred Assets, or (iii) subject to compliance with the requirements specified in Section 2.2(c), conflict with or violate any Permit, concession, franchise, license or Law applicable to the Seller or any of the Selling Subsidiaries or any of their respective properties or assets, with only such exceptions, in the case of each of clauses (ii) and (iii), as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Seller Material Adverse Effect or be material to the MRT Program, taken as a whole.
(c) No consent, approval, license, Permit, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration, notice or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required by or with respect to the Seller or any of the Selling Subsidiaries in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the Seller or any of the Selling Subsidiaries, as applicable, of this Agreement and each of the Ancillary Agreements to which it is a party or the consummation of the Contemplated Transactions, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Seller Material Adverse Effect or be material to the MRT Program, taken as a whole.
