Transactions Contemplated Herein The Company has all corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to carry out the provisions and conditions hereof, and all consents, authorizations, approvals and orders required in connection therewith have been obtained. No consent, authorization or order of, and no filing with, any court, government agency or other body is required for the valid issuance, sale and delivery of the Public Securities and the consummation of the transactions and agreements contemplated by this Agreement and the Representative’s Warrant Agreement and as contemplated by the Registration Statement, the Pricing Disclosure Package and the Prospectus, except with respect to applicable federal and state securities laws and the rules and regulations of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”).
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY The prevailing party shall be entitled to recover from the other party its reasonable attorney’s fees and costs. Each party hereby irrevocably waives personal service of process and consents to process being served in any suit, action or proceeding in connection with this Agreement, the Note, or any other agreement, certificate, instrument or document contemplated hereby or thereby by mailing a copy thereof via registered or certified mail or overnight delivery (with evidence of delivery) to such party at the address in effect for notices to it under this Agreement and agrees that such service shall constitute good and sufficient service of process and notice thereof. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to limit in any way any right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
Contemplated Transactions “Contemplated Transactions” shall mean the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Agreement.
No Illegal or Improper Transactions None of the Company, any Shareholder or any of the Company's directors, officers or employees has, directly or indirectly used funds or other assets of the Company, or made any promise or undertaking in such regard, for (a) illegal contributions, gifts, entertainment or other expenses relating to political activity; (b) illegal payments to or for the benefit of governmental officials or employees, whether domestic or foreign; (c) illegal payments to or for the benefit of any person, firm, corporation or other entity, or any director, officer, employee, agent or representative thereof; or (d) the establishment or maintenance of a secret or unrecorded fund; and there have been no false or fictitious entries made in the books or records of the Company.
Related Agreements Any agreement related to this Plan shall be in writing and shall provide that: (i) such agreement may be terminated at any time, without payment of any penalty, by a vote of a majority of the Independent Trustees or by a vote of the holders of a “majority” (as defined in the 0000 Xxx) of the Fund's outstanding Class C voting shares; (ii) such termination shall be on not more than sixty days’ written notice to any other party to the agreement; (iii) such agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its “assignment” (as defined in the 1940 Act); (iv) such agreement shall go into effect when approved by a vote of the Board and its Independent Trustees cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such agreement; and (v) such agreement shall, unless terminated as herein provided, continue in effect from year to year only so long as such continuance is specifically approved at least annually by a vote of the Board and its Independent Trustees cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such continuance.
Validity of Contemplated Transactions The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Buyer, the execution, delivery and performance by Buyer of the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and the consummation of the Transactions do not and will not (a) contravene any provision of the organizational documents of Buyer, or (b) constitute a breach of, or result in a Default under, or cause the acceleration of any payments pursuant to, any agreement, contract, indenture, lease or mortgage to which Buyer is a party or by which either Buyer or its assets is bound, or violate any provision of any applicable Law, permit or license to which Buyer is subject, where any such breaches, Defaults or violations would materially impair the ability of Buyer to consummate and perform the Transactions.
Operative Agreements The Capital Securities shall be fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a subordinated basis by the Company with respect to distributions and amounts payable upon liquidation, redemption or repayment (the "Guarantee") pursuant and subject to the Guarantee Agreement (the "Guarantee Agreement"), to be dated as of the Closing Date and executed and delivered by the Company and U.S. Bank National Association ("U.S. Bank"), as trustee (the "Guarantee Trustee"), for the benefit from time to time of the holders of the Capital Securities. The entire proceeds from the sale by the Trust to the holders of the Capital Securities shall be combined with the entire proceeds from the sale by the Trust to the Company of its common securities (the "Common Securities"), and shall be used by the Trust to purchase $15,464,000.00 in principal amount of the Floating Rate Junior Subordinated Deferrable Interest Debentures (the "Debentures") of the Company. The Capital Securities and the Common Securities for the Trust shall be issued pursuant to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust among U.S. Bank, as institutional trustee (the "Institutional Trustee"), the Administrators named therein, and the Company, to be dated as of the Closing Date and in substantially the form heretofore delivered to the Placement Agents (the "Trust Agreement"). The Debentures shall be issued pursuant to an Indenture (the "Indenture"), to be dated as of the Closing Date, between the Company and U.S. Bank, as indenture trustee (the "Indenture Trustee"). The documents identified in this Section 1.2 and in Section 1.1 are referred to herein as the "Operative Documents."
Operative Documents The RFP, which is attached hereto as Appendix 1, and the Proposal, is attached hereto as Appendix 2, are incorporated herein and are made part of this Agreement. With regard to the governance of such documents, it is agreed that:
