Financial Statements and Other Reports Company will maintain, and cause each of its Subsidiaries to maintain, a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with sound business practices to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP. Company will deliver to Administrative Agent and Lenders:
(i) Quarterly Financial: as soon as available and in any event within 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter, the consolidated balance sheets of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail and certified by the chief financial officer of Company that they fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments;
(ii) Year-End Financial: as soon as available and in any event within 90 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, the consolidated balance sheets of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Company and its Subsidiaries for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal Year, with a report thereon of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by Company and satisfactory to Administrative Agent, which report shall be un-qualified, shall express no doubts about the ability of Company and its Subsidiaries to continue as a going concern, and shall state that such consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards;
(iii) Officer’s and Compliance Certificates: together with each delivery of the consolidated financial statements of Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to subdivisions (i) and (ii) above, (a) an Officer’s Certificate of Company stating that the signer has reviewed the terms of this Agreement and has made, or caused to be made under his/her supervision, a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of Company and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by such financial statements and that such review has not disclosed the existence during or at the end of such accounting period, and that the signer does not have knowledge of the existence as at the date of such Officer’s Certificate, of any condition or event that constitutes an Event of Default or Potential Event of Default, or, if any such condition or event existed or exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and what action Company has taken, is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto; and (b) a Compliance Certificate demonstrating in reasonable detail compliance during and at the end of the applicable accounting periods with the restrictions contained in Section 7;
Financial Statements and Other Information The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly furnish to the Lenders):
(a) within 75 days after the end of each fiscal year (beginning with the fiscal year ending March 31, 2017), the audited consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, and the related audited consolidated balance sheet for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by Deloitte LLP, or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit), to the effect that such audited consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
(b) within 45 days after the end of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year (beginning with June 30, 2017):
(i) the unaudited interim consolidated statements of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter (the “current fiscal quarter”) and for the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year,
(ii) the unaudited interim consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, and
(iii) the unaudited interim consolidated balance sheet for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as presenting fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in each case in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of all interim balance sheets of the Borrower;
(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit H (with such modifications as reasonably agreed by the Administrative Agent):
(i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto;
(ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations of (w) the outstanding amount of Relevant Obligations and demonstrating compliance with the Applicable Debt Cap Test as of the last applicable date of incurrence thereunder, (x) if any Disposition of Spectrum occurred in the most recent applicable fiscal quarter covered thereby, calculations demonstrating compliance with the Spectrum Disposition Requirements and (y) the Total Indebtedness Ratio and Total Interest Coverage Ratio and (z) the amount and type of any Spectrum Invested in joint ventures during such period;
(iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the later of the date of the financial statements as at March 31, 2016 referred to in Section 3.04 and the date of the last certificate delivered pursuant to this clause (c) and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;
(iv) in the case of the financial statements under clause (a) above, starting with those for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2018, a reasonably detailed calculation of Excess Cash Flow for such fiscal year, along with a certification thereof;
(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, financial projections in a form substantially similar to the financial projections most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date (collectively, the “Projections”), which Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of a Financial Officer stating that such Projections were prepared in good faith and based upon assumptions that were believed to be reasonable at the time such Projections were prepared;
(e) as soon as possible after the delivery of any compliance certificate required pursuant to 5.01(c), but no later than 30 days after the date a quarterly compliance certificate is required to be delivered and no later than 45 days after the date an annual compliance certificate is required to be delivered, reconciliation information relating to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries substantially in the form to be attached as Exhibit G (with such modifications as reasonably agreed by the Administrative Agent) and combined consolidated financial statements for the Spectrum Sale and Leaseback special purpose entities included in the reconciliation and required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of the Spectrum Sale and Leaseback transaction to the holders of the applicable Indebtedness thereunder;
(f) promptly after the same become publicly available, furnish all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by any Obligor with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission or distributed by such Obligor to the holders of its securities; and
(g) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Obligor, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement and other Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request. Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on the Borrower’s website; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Obligors’ behalf on IntraLinks or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent). Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance (i) the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the certificates required by Section 5.01(c) to the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrower shall notify any Lender when documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01 have been delivered electronically to the extent that such Lender has requested the Borrower to be notified. Except for such certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents. The financial statement and other related deliverable requirements set forth above in Sections 5.01(a), (b), (d) and (e) may be satisfied by delivering the corresponding information with respect to the Parent Guarantor (and as applicable its Subsidiaries) in lieu of the Borrower (and as applicable its Subsidiaries), provided that concurrently with such delivery the Borrower delivers a reconciliation setting forth in reasonable detail the differences between such information as it relates to the Parent Guarantor (and as applicable its Subsidiaries) on the one hand and the Borrower (and as applicable its Subsidiaries) on the other hand.
Reports; Financial Statements (a) Since January 1, 2014, the Company has timely filed or furnished all reports, schedules, forms, statements, prospectuses and other documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC (the “Company SEC Reports”), all of which have complied as of their respective filing dates or, if amended or superseded by a subsequent filing, as of the date of the last such amendment or superseding filing made at least two (2) Business Days prior to the date hereof, in all material respects with all applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act and, in each case, the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder. No executive officer of the Company has failed in any respect to make the certifications required of him or her under Section 302 or 906 of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act with respect to any Company SEC Report. None of the Company SEC Reports filed or furnished by the Company with the SEC since January 1, 2014, including any financial statements or schedules included or incorporated by reference therein, at the time filed or, if amended or superseded by a subsequent filing, as of the date of the last such amendment or superseding filing made at least two (2) Business Days prior to the date hereof, contained (or, with respect to Company SEC Reports filed after the date hereof, will contain) any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted (or, with respect to Company SEC Reports filed after the date hereof, will omit) to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that no representation is made as to the accuracy of any financial projections or forward-looking statements or the completeness of any information filed or furnished by the Company to the SEC solely for the purposes of complying with Regulation FD promulgated under the Exchange Act. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from the SEC staff with respect to the Company SEC Reports. As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has not received any written or, to the Company’s Knowledge, oral notice from the SEC that any of the Company SEC Reports is the subject of any ongoing investigation. To the Knowledge of the Company, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no SEC inquiries or investigations, other government inquiries or investigations or material internal investigations pending or threatened, in each case regarding any accounting practices of the Company. None of the Company’s Subsidiaries is required to file periodic reports with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act.
(b) The audited and unaudited consolidated financial statements (including, as applicable, the related notes thereto) of the Company included (or incorporated by reference) in the Company SEC Reports (i) have been prepared from, are in accordance with, and accurately reflect the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (ii) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto or, in the case of unaudited statements, as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC, the “Financial Statements”) applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, (iii) fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of their respective dates, and the consolidated income, stockholders equity, results of operations and changes in consolidated financial position or cash flows for the periods presented therein (subject, in the case of the unaudited financial statements, to the absence of footnotes and normal year-end audit adjustments) and (iv) complied as to form in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto.
(c) The Company has designed and maintains a system of internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurances regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Since January 1, 2014, to the Knowledge of the Company, neither the Company nor the Company’s auditor have, identified or been made aware of (i) any existing “significant deficiencies” or “material weaknesses” (as defined by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board) not otherwise remedied in the design or operation of the internal control over financial reporting or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting. The Company has designed and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 of the Exchange Act) sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the Company SEC Reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.
(d) To the Knowledge of the Company, since January 1, 2014, no employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has provided or is providing information to any law enforcement agency regarding the violation of any applicable Law of the type described in Section 806 of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has discharged, demoted or suspended an employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the terms and conditions of employment because of any lawful act of such employee described in Section 806 of the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act.
Financial Statements; Borrowing Base and Other Information The Borrowers will furnish to the Administrative Agent, and in the case of documents and information required to be delivered by the UAE Borrower and the Singapore Borrower, also to the UAE Administrative Agent and the Singapore Administrative Agent, as applicable:
(a) within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year of Holdings, its audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of operations, partners’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and acceptable to the Required Lenders (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, accompanied by any management letter prepared by said accountants;
(b) within 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of Holdings (in the case of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2007) and each fiscal quarter for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008 and each fiscal year of Holdings thereafter), commencing with the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2007 (and as to which such financial statements may be delivered not later than 60 days after the end of such quarterly period), its consolidated and consolidating balance sheet and related statements of operations, partners’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year (compared to the financial statements of Edgen/Murray L.P. and its comparable subsidiary until the 2008 fiscal year), all certified by one of the Financial Officers of the Borrower Representative as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Holdings and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes;
(c) within 30 days after the end of each fiscal month (other than for the third, sixth and ninth month of any fiscal year) (i) of the US Borrower, its consolidated balance sheet and related consolidated statements of operations and a schedule of distributions and Capital Expenditures as of the end of and for such fiscal month and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of such period or periods of) the previous fiscal year and (ii) each of the UK Borrower, the UAE Borrower and the Singapore Borrower on an individual (non-consolidated) basis for each such Person, its balance sheet and related statements of operations and a schedule of distributions and Capital Expenditures, as of the end of and for such fiscal month and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding period of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of such period or periods of) the previous fiscal year.
(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower Representative in substantially the form of Exhibit F (i) certifying, in the case of the financial statements delivered under clause (b), as presenting fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of each Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated and consolidating basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes, (ii) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, (iii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Section 6.13 and (iv) in the case of financial statements delivered under clause (a) only, stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the date of the prior fiscal year’s audited financial statements and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;
(e) as soon as available, but in any event not more than 30 days prior to the end of each fiscal year of each Borrower, a copy of the plan and forecast (including a projected consolidated and consolidating balance sheet, income statement and funds flow statement) of each Borrower for each month of the upcoming fiscal year (“Projections”) in form reasonably satisfactory to each Agent;
(f) as soon as available but in any event within 30 days of the end of each calendar month, and at such other times as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, as of the period then ended, a US Borrowing Base Certificate, a Canadian Borrowing Base Certificate, a UAE Borrowing Certificate, a Singapore Borrowing Base Certificate and a UK Borrowing Base Certificate, and supporting information in connection therewith, together with any additional reports with respect to the US Borrowing Base, Canadian Borrowing Base, UAE Borrowing Base Certificate, Singapore Borrowing Base Certificate or UK Borrowing Base as any Agent may reasonably request;
(g) as soon as available but in any event within 30 days of the end of each calendar month and at such other times as may be requested by the Administrative Agent, as of the period then ended, all delivered electronically in a text or Microsoft Excel formatted file acceptable to each Agent:
(i) a detailed aging of the Borrowers’ and Eligible Subsidiary’s Accounts (A) including all invoices aged by due date (with a report of any accounts on greater than 60 day terms) and (B) reconciled to the applicable Borrowing Base Certificate delivered as of such date prepared in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent together with a summary specifying the name and balance due for each Account Debtor;
(ii) a schedule detailing each Borrowers’ and each Eligible Subsidiary’s Inventory, in form satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (A) by location (showing any Inventory located with a third party under any consignment, bailee arrangement, or warehouse agreement), by product category and by value on hand, which Inventory shall be valued at the lower of weighted-average cost or market and adjusted for Borrowing Base Reserves as the Administrative Agent has previously indicated to the Borrower Representative are deemed by the Administrative Agent to be appropriate, (B) including a report of any variances in excess of $50,000 and (C) reconciled to the applicable Borrowing Base Certificate delivered as of such date;
(iii) a worksheet of calculations prepared by the Borrowers to determine Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory, such worksheets detailing the Accounts and Inventory excluded from Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory and the reason for such exclusion;
(iv) a reconciliation of the Borrowers’ and Eligible Subsidiaries’ Accounts and Inventory between the amounts shown in the Borrowers’ and Eligible Subsidiary’s general ledger and financial statements and the reports delivered pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above; and
(v) a reconciliation of the loan balance per the Borrowers’ general ledger to the loan balance under this Agreement;
(h) as soon as available but in any event within 30 days of the end of each calendar month (as of the month then ended), an accounts payable forecast or aging consisting of a break down of accounts by due date in a form substantially similar to the form of accounts payable forecast provided to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the Closing Date;
(i) within 30 days of the end of each calendar month, a report listing all outstanding Swap Obligations as of the month then ended;
(j) promptly upon any Administrative Agent’s request:
(i) copies of invoices in connection with the invoices issued by the Borrowers in connection with any Accounts, credit memos, shipping and delivery documents, and other information related thereto;
(ii) copies of purchase orders, invoices, and shipping and delivery documents in connection with any Inventory purchased by any Loan Party;
(iii) a schedule detailing the balance of all intercompany accounts of the Loan Parties;
(iv) copies of each Borrower’s and each Eligible Subsidiary’s sales journal, cash receipts journal (identifying trade and non-trade cash receipts) and debit memo/credit memo journal; and
(v) a detailed listing of all advances of proceeds of Loans requested by the Borrower Representative for each Borrower during the immediately preceding calendar month and a detailed listing of all intercompany loans made by the Borrowers during such calendar month.
(k) as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days of filing thereof, copies of all tax returns filed by any Loan Party with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service or the relevant tax authority of any foreign jurisdiction;
(l) within 30 days of each March 31 and September 30, an updated customer list for each Borrower and its Subsidiaries, which list shall state the customer’s name, mailing address and phone number and shall be certified as true and correct in all material respects by a Financial Officer of the applicable Borrower;
(m) promptly after the same become publicly available, copies of all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission, or with any national securities exchange, or distributed by any Loan Party or its Subsidiaries to its public shareholders generally, as the case may be;
(n) promptly upon the request of the Administrative Agent (or the Singapore Administrative Agent or the UAE Administrative agent with respect to Account Debtors of the Singapore Borrower and the Dubai Borrower), but not more than two times in any twelve (12) month period, a summary specifying the name, address and balance due for each Account Debtor; and
(o) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement, as any Agent may reasonably request. Notwithstanding the foregoing, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default or during any period in which the aggregate US Availability and Canadian Availability is less than $25,000,000 or UK Availability is less than $10,000,000, the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, may require the delivery of the reports, certificates and other documents required by Sections 5.01(f), (g), and (h) (with respect to the US Borrowers, UK Borrower or Canadian Borrower) more frequently than monthly, including weekly or daily, in which event, in the case of Borrowing Base Certificates, the applicable Borrowing Base would be adjusted immediately upon receipt of such certificates.
Company Reports; Financial Statements (i) The Company has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since December 31, 2015 (the “Applicable Date”) (the forms, statements, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date of this Agreement, including any amendments thereto, the “Company Reports”). The MLP has filed or furnished, as applicable, on a timely basis all forms, statements, certifications, reports and documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since the Applicable Date (the forms, statements, reports and documents filed or furnished since the Applicable Date and those filed or furnished subsequent to the date of this Agreement, including any amendments thereto, the “MLP Reports”). Each of the Company Reports and MLP Reports, at the time of its filing or being furnished complied, or if not yet filed or furnished, will when so filed or furnished comply, in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act of 2002 (the “▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇▇ Act”), and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder applicable to the Company Reports or MLP Reports, as applicable. As of their respective dates (or, if amended prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such amendment), the Company Reports and the MLP Reports did not, and none of the Company Reports and the MLP Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC subsequent to the date of this Agreement will when so filed or furnished, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. Each of the Company and the MLP is in compliance in all material respects with the applicable listing and corporate governance rules and regulations of the NYSE.
(ii) Each of the Company and the MLP maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 under the Exchange Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that all material information required to be disclosed by the Company or the MLP, as applicable, is recorded and reported on a timely basis to the individuals responsible for the preparation of the Company’s or the MLP’s, as applicable, filings with the SEC and other public disclosure documents. The Company and the MLP each maintain internal control over financial reporting (as defined in and meeting the requirements of Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15, as applicable, under the Exchange Act). Such internal control over financial reporting is effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP. Each of the Company and the MLP has disclosed, based on the most recent evaluation of its chief executive officer and its chief financial officer prior to the date of this Agreement, to its auditors and the audit committee of its board of directors (1) any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of its internal controls over financial reporting that are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Company’s or the MLP’s, as applicable, ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information and has identified for the Company’s or the MLP’s, as applicable, auditors and audit committee of its board of directors any material weaknesses in internal control over financial reporting and (2) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s or the MLP’s internal control over financial reporting. The Company has made available to Parent as of the date hereof (x) a summary of any such disclosure with respect to clauses (1) and (2) of the preceding sentence made by management to the Company’s auditors and audit committee since December 31, 2016 and (y) any material communication since December 31, 2016 made by management or the Company’s auditors to the audit committee required or contemplated by listing standards of the NYSE, the audit committee’s charter or professional standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
(iii) Each of the consolidated balance sheets included in or incorporated by reference into the Company Reports or the MLP Reports (including the related notes and schedules) fairly presents in all material respects, or, in the case of Company Reports and MLP Reports filed after the date of this Agreement, will fairly present in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (or, in the case of the consolidated balance sheets included in or incorporated by reference into the MLP Reports, of the MLP and its consolidated Subsidiaries) as of its date and each of the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows included in or incorporated by reference into the Company Reports (or, in the case of the consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income, changes in equity and cash flows included in or incorporated by reference into the MLP Reports, of the MLP and its consolidated Subsidiaries), including any related notes and schedules, fairly presents in all material respects, or, in the case of Company Reports and MLP Reports filed after the date of this Agreement, will fairly present in all material respects, the results of operations, cash flows, retained earnings (loss) and changes in financial position, as the case may be, of the Company and its consolidated Subsidiaries (or as applicable, the MLP and its consolidated Subsidiaries) for the periods set forth therein (subject, in the case of unaudited statements, to notes and normal year-end audit adjustments that will not be material in amount or effect), in each case in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) consistently applied during the periods involved, except as may be noted therein.