CONFLICTS WITH TRUST’S GOVERNING DOCUMENTS AND APPLICABLE LAWS Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to require the Trust or the Fund to take any action contrary to the Trust’s Agreement and Declaration of Trust, By-Laws, or any applicable statute or regulation, or to relieve or deprive the Board of Trustees of its responsibility for and control of the conduct of the affairs of the Trust and Fund. In this connection, the Advisor acknowledges that the Trustees retain ultimate plenary authority over the Fund and may take any and all actions necessary and reasonable to protect the interests of shareholders.
Governmental Filings; No Violations; Etc (a) Except for (i) compliance with, and filings under, the HSR Act, (ii) compliance with, and filings under, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including the filing with the SEC of the Schedule TO and, if the Shareholders Meeting is required pursuant to this Agreement, the Proxy Statement, (iii) compliance with state securities, takeover and “blue sky” Laws and the filing of documents with various state securities authorities that may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, including the filing by Merger Sub of the PA Takeover Notice accompanied by payment of the required filing fee, (iv) the filing with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania the Articles of Merger, (v) compliance with the applicable requirements of the NYSE MKT, and (vi) compliance with the applicable requirements of any foreign antitrust laws (the items set forth above in clauses (i) through (vi), the “Parent Required Governmental Approvals”), no notices, reports or other filings are required to be made by Parent or Merger Sub with, nor are any consents, registrations, approvals or authorizations required to be obtained by Parent or Merger Sub from any Governmental Entity in connection with the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub or the consummation of the Offer, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except those that the failure to make or obtain, as the case may be, is not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably likely to prevent, materially delay or materially impede the consummation of the Offer, the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Contractual Obligations and Similar Investments From time to time, the Fund's Investments may include Investments that are not ownership interests as may be represented by certificate (whether registered or bearer), by entry in a Securities Depository or by Book-Entry Agent, registrar or similar agent for recording ownership interests in the relevant Investment. If the Fund shall at any time acquire such Investments, including without limitation deposit obligations, loan participations, repurchase agreements and derivative arrangements, the Custodian shall (a) receive and retain, to the extent the same are provided to the Custodian, confirmations or other documents evidencing the arrangement; and (b) perform on the Fund's account in accordance with the terms of the applicable arrangement, but only to the extent directed to do so by Instruction. The Custodian shall have no responsibility for agreements running to the Fund as to which it is not a party other than to retain, to the extent the same are provided to the Custodian, documents or copies of documents evidencing the arrangement and, in accordance with Instruction, to include such arrangements in reports made to the Fund.
Business Activities; Change of Legal Status and Organizational Documents The Credit Parties shall not: (i) engage in any line of business other than the businesses engaged in on the date hereof and business reasonably related thereto; (ii) change its name, its type of organization, its jurisdictions of organization or other legal structure; or (iii) permit its articles of incorporation (including any certificates of designation, is applicable), bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, certificate of organization or similar governing or organizational documents to be amended or modified in any way which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Conflict with Other Agreements; Approvals The execution and delivery of this Agreement does not, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not result in any violation of, or default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give rise to a material right of termination, cancellation or acceleration of any obligation or the loss of a material benefit under, or the creation of a lien, pledge, security interest or other encumbrance on assets (any such conflict, violation, default, right of termination, cancellation or acceleration, loss or creation, a "violation") pursuant to any provision of the Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or any organizational document of CLCE or, result in any violation of any loan or credit agreement, note, mortgage, indenture, lease, benefit plan or other agreement, obligation, instrument, permit, concession, franchise, license, judgment, order, decree, statute, law, ordinance, rule or regulation applicable to CLCE which violation would have a material adverse effect on CLCE taken as a whole. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality, domestic or foreign (a "Governmental Entity") is required by or with respect to CLCE in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by CLCE or the consummation by CLCE of the transactions contemplated hereby.
NO CONFLICT WITH EXISTING OBLIGATIONS Executive represents that Executive’s performance of all the terms of this Agreement and as an Executive of the Company do not and will not breach any agreement or obligation of any kind made prior to Executive’s employment by the Company, including agreements or obligations Executive may have with prior employers or entities for which Executive has provided services. Executive has not entered into, and Executive agrees that Executive will not enter into, any agreement or obligation, either written or oral, in conflict herewith.
Admission of the Corporate Taxpayer into a Consolidated Group; Transfers of Corporate Assets (a) If the Corporate Taxpayer is or becomes a member of an affiliated or consolidated group of corporations that files a consolidated income tax return pursuant to Sections 1501 et seq. of the Code or any corresponding provisions of state or local law, then: (i) the provisions of this Agreement shall be applied with respect to the group as a whole; and (ii) Tax Benefit Payments, Early Termination Payments and other applicable items hereunder shall be computed with reference to the consolidated taxable income of the group as a whole.
Organization, Standing and Corporate Power Each of TopCo and Parent is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to carry on its business as presently conducted and is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing (where such concept is recognized under applicable Law) in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business or the ownership, leasing or operation of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, other than where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Each of Parent’s Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing (where such concept is recognized under applicable Law) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and has all requisite corporate or similar power and authority to carry on its business as presently conducted and each of Parent’s Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good standing (where such concept is recognized under applicable Law) in each jurisdiction where the nature of its business or the ownership, leasing or operation of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, other than where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Parent Material Adverse Effect. Parent has made available to the Company prior to the execution of this Agreement a true and complete copy of (A) the Certificate of Limited Partnership of Parent (the “Parent Certificate of Partnership”) and the Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Parent (the “Parent Partnership Agreement”), (B) the organizational documents of TopCo, (C) the Certificate of Limited Partnership of ETP and the Agreement of Limited Partnership of ETP (the “ETP Partnership Agreement”), and (D) the Certificate of Limited Partnership of SXL and the Agreement of Limited Partnership of SXL (the “SXL Partnership Agreement”), in each case of clauses (A) through (D), as amended to and in effect as of the date of this Agreement. Upon the request of the Company, Parent will make available to the Company the comparable organizational documents of each of its other Subsidiaries, in each case as amended to and in effect as of the date of this Agreement.
Authorization; Other Agreements The Guarantied Parties are hereby authorized, without notice to, or demand upon, any Guarantor, which notice and demand requirements each are expressly waived hereby, and without discharging or otherwise affecting the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder (which obligations shall remain absolute and unconditional notwithstanding any such action or omission to act), from time to time, to do each of the following:
Capitalization; Governing Documents As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of the Company consists of: 10,000,000,000 shares of Common Stock, of which 4,005,718,437 shares are issued and outstanding; and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, of which 1,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, 100,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding and 100,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding. All of such outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company, the Commitment Shares and the Conversion Shares are, or upon issuance will be, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. No shares of capital stock of the Company are subject to preemptive rights or any other similar rights of the shareholders of the Company or any liens or encumbrances imposed through the actions or failure to act of the Company. As of the effective date of this Agreement, other than as publicly announced prior to such date and reflected in the Disclosure Documents (defined below) of the Company (i) there are no outstanding options, warrants, scrip, rights to subscribe for, puts, calls, rights of first refusal, agreements, understandings, claims or other commitments or rights of any character whatsoever relating to, or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, or arrangements by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become bound to issue additional shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) there are no agreements or arrangements under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is obligated to register the sale of any of its or their securities under the 1933 Act and (iii) there are no anti-dilution or price adjustment provisions contained in any security issued by the Company (or in any agreement providing rights to security holders) that will be triggered by the issuance of any of the Securities. The Company has furnished to the Buyer true and correct copies of the Company’s Articles of Incorporation as in effect on the date hereof (“Articles of Incorporation”), the Company’s Bylaws, as in effect on the date hereof (the “Bylaws”), and the terms of all securities convertible into or exercisable for Common Stock of the Company and the material rights of the holders thereof in respect thereto.
