Closing Date and Option Closing Date Opinion of Counsel. On the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Seyfarth ▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance satisfactory to U&H, that: (i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation. The Company is duly qualified and licensed and in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or leasing of any properties or the character of its operations requires such qualification or licensing, except where the failure to qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the assets, business or operations of the Company. (ii) All issued and outstanding securities of the Company (including, without limitation, the Insider Warrants) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders; and none of such securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate or Bylaws of the Company. The offers and sales of the outstanding Common Stock were at all relevant times either registered under the Act and all applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws or exempt from such registration requirements. The authorized and outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus. (iii) The Securities have been duly authorized and are validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders. The Securities are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate or Bylaws of the Company. When issued, the Representative’s Purchase Option, the Representative’s Warrants and the Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby and such Warrants, the Representative’s Purchase Option, and the Representative’s Warrants, when issued, in each case, are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. The certificates representing the Securities are in due and proper form. (iv) The Insider Warrants constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby, and such Insider Warrants are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. A sufficient number of shares of Common Stock have been reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Insider Warrants. The Common Stock underlying the Insider Warrants will, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of the exercise price thereof, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to preemptive or, to such counsel’s knowledge, similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any Securities from the Company upon issuance thereof. (v) This Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Services Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Warrant Purchase Agreement have each been duly and validly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the Company, constitute, and the Representative’s Purchase Option has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered, will constitute, the valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provisions may be limited under the federal and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor, may be brought. (vi) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Representative’s Purchase Option, the Escrow Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Warrant Purchase Agreement and the Services Agreement and compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and the issuance and sale of the Securities, do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, (a) conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or modification of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of, any mortgage, deed of trust, note, indenture, loan, contract, commitment or other agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (b) result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate or the Bylaws of the Company, or (c) violate any United States statute or any judgment, order or decree, rule or regulation applicable to the Company of any court, United States federal, state or other regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, its properties or assets. (vii) The Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments or supplements thereto (other than the financial statements included therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered) each as of their respective dates appeared on their face to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and Regulations. The Securities and all other securities issued or issuable by the Company conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus. The descriptions in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and in the Prospectus, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of United States statutes, legal matters, contracts, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present in all material respects the information required to be shown with respect to such United States statutes, legal matters, contracts, documents and proceedings, and such counsel does not know of any United States statutes or legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus that are not described in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or included as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or included as required. (viii) The Registration Statement is effective under the Act. To such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act or applicable state securities laws. (ix) There is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court of governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending or, to such counsels’ knowledge, threatened against the Company that is required to be described in the Registration Statement. The opinion of counsel shall further include a statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, the Underwriters and the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus contained therein and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus contained therein (except as otherwise set forth in the foregoing opinion), solely on the basis of the foregoing without independent check and verification, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead them to believe that the Registration Statement, or any amendment thereto, at the time the Registration Statement or amendment became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time they were filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or at the date of such counsel’s opinion, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that such counsel need express no opinion with respect to the financial information and statistical data and information included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus).
Appears in 5 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (2020 ChinaCap Acquirco, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (2020 ChinaCap Acquirco, Inc.), Underwriting Agreement (2020 ChinaCap Acquirco, Inc.)
Closing Date and Option Closing Date Opinion of Counsel. On the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Seyfarth ▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel to the CompanyEGS, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to U&HDLA Piper, confirming as of the Closing Date and, if applicable, the Option Closing Date, that:
(i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation. The Company is duly qualified and licensed and in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or leasing of any properties or the character of its operations requires such qualification or licensing, except where the failure to qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the assets, business or operations of the Company.
(ii) All issued and outstanding securities of the Company (including, without limitation, the Insider Placement Warrants) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders; and none of such securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company. The offers and sales of the outstanding Common Stock were at all relevant times either registered under the Act and all applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws or exempt from such registration requirements. The authorized and and, to such counsel’s knowledge, outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus.
(iii) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and are paid for, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders. The Securities are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company. When issued, the Representative’s Purchase Option, the Representative’s Warrants and the Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby and such Warrants, the Representative’s Purchase Option, and the Representative’s Warrants, when issued, in each case, are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal Federal and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. The certificates representing the Securities are in due and proper form.
(iv) The Insider Placement Warrants constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby, and such Insider Placement Warrants are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. A sufficient number of shares of Common Stock have been reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Insider Placement Warrants. The shares of Common Stock underlying the Insider Placement Warrants will, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of the exercise price thereof, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to preemptive or, to such counsel’s knowledge, similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any Securities securities from the Company upon issuance thereof.
(v) This Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Services Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Warrant Purchase Agreement have each been duly and validly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the Company, constitute, and the Representative’s Purchase Option has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered, will constitute, the valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provisions may be limited under the federal Federal and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor, therefor may be brought.
(vi) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Representative’s Purchase Option, the Escrow Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Warrant Purchase Services Agreement and the Services Warrant Purchase Agreement and compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and the issuance and sale of the Securities, do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, (a) to such counsel’s knowledge, conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or modification of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of, any mortgage, deed of trust, note, indenture, loan, contract, commitment or other agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (b) result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Company, or (c) to such counsel’s knowledge, violate any United States statute or any judgment, order or decree, rule or regulation applicable to the Company of any court, United States federalFederal, state or other regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, its properties or assets.
(vii) The Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments or supplements thereto (other than the financial statements included therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered) each as of their respective dates appeared on their face to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and Regulations. The Securities and all other securities issued or issuable by the Company conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus. The descriptions in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement and in the Prospectus, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of United States statutes, legal matters, contracts, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present in all material respects the information required to be shown with respect to such United States statutes, legal matters, contracts, documents and proceedings, and such counsel does not know of any United States statutes or legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus that are not described in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement or the Prospectus or included as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or included as required.
(viii) The Registration Statement is effective under the Act. To such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act or applicable state securities laws.
(ix) There To such counsel’s knowledge, there is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court of governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending orpending, to such counsels’ knowledge, or threatened against the Company that is required to be described in the Registration Statement. The opinion of counsel shall further include a statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, the Underwriters and the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus contained therein and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus contained therein (except as otherwise set forth in the foregoing opinion), solely on the basis of the foregoing without independent check and verification, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead them to believe that the Registration Statement, Statement or any amendment thereto, at the time the Registration Statement or amendment became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time they were filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or at the date of such counsel’s opinion, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that such counsel need express no opinion with respect to the financial information and statistical data and information included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement or the Prospectus).
Appears in 2 contracts
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (H D Partners Acquisition CORP), Underwriting Agreement (HD Partners Acquisition CORP)
Closing Date and Option Closing Date Opinion of Counsel. On the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Seyfarth P▇▇▇▇▇ LLPG▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP (“POGO”), counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to U&HEGS, confirming as of the Closing Date and, if applicable, the Option Closing Date, that:
(i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation. The Company is duly qualified and licensed and in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or leasing of any properties or the character of its operations requires such qualification or licensing, except where the failure to qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the assets, business or operations of the Company.
(ii) All issued and outstanding securities of the Company (including, without limitation, the Insider Founding Director Warrants) have been been, or in the case of the Founding Director Warrants upon their issuance will be, duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders; and none of such securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company. The offers and sales of the outstanding Common Stock were at all relevant times either registered under the Act and all applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws or exempt from such registration requirements. The authorized and and, to such counsel’s knowledge, outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus.
(iii) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and are paid for, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders. The Securities are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company. When issued, the Representative’s Purchase Option, the Representative’s Warrants and the Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby and such Warrants, the Representative’s Purchase Option, and the Representative’s Warrants, when issued, in each case, are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal Federal and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. The certificates representing the Securities are in due and proper form.
(iv) The Insider Upon their issuance, the Founding Director Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby, and such Insider Founding Director Warrants are , when issued, will be enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. A sufficient number of shares of Common Stock have been reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Insider Warrants. The Common Stock underlying the Insider Warrants will, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of the exercise price thereof, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to preemptive or, to such counsel’s knowledge, similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any Securities from the Company upon issuance thereofcontribution.
(v) This Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Services Agreement, the Credit Facility Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Escrow Founding Director Warrant Purchase Agreement and the Warrant Purchase Escrow Agreement have each been duly and validly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the Company, constitute, and the Representative’s Purchase Option has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered, will constitute, the valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provisions may be limited under the federal Federal and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor, therefor may be brought.
(vi) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Representative’s Purchase Option, the Escrow Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Credit Facility Agreement, the Founding Director Warrant Purchase Agreement and the Services Agreement and compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and the issuance and sale of the Securities, do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, (a) to such counsel’s knowledge, conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or modification of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of, any mortgage, deed of trust, note, indenture, loan, contract, commitment or other agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (b) result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Company, or (c) to such counsel’s knowledge, violate any United States statute or any judgment, order or decree, rule or regulation applicable to the Company of any court, United States federalFederal, state or other regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, its properties or assets.
(vii) The Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments or supplements thereto (other than the financial statements included therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered) each as of their respective dates appeared on their face to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and Regulations. The Securities and all other securities issued or issuable by the Company conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus. The descriptions in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement and in the Prospectus, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of United States statutes, legal matters, contracts, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present in all material respects the information required to be shown with respect to such United States statutes, legal matters, contracts, documents and proceedings, and such counsel does not know of any United States statutes or legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus that are not described in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement or the Prospectus or included as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or included as required.
(viii) The Registration Statement is effective under the Act. To such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act or applicable state securities laws.
(ix) There To such counsel’s knowledge, there is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court of governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending orpending, to such counsels’ knowledge, or threatened against the Company that is required to be described in the Registration Statement. The opinion of counsel shall further include a statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, the Underwriters and the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus contained therein and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus contained therein (except as otherwise set forth in the foregoing opinion), solely on the basis of the foregoing without independent check and verification, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead them to believe that the Registration Statement, Statement or any amendment thereto, at the time the Registration Statement or amendment became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time they were filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or at the date of such counsel’s opinion, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that such counsel need express no opinion with respect to the financial information and statistical data and information included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement or the Prospectus).
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Echo Healthcare Acquisition Corp.)
Closing Date and Option Closing Date Opinion of Counsel. On the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Seyfarth P▇▇▇▇▇ LLPG▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP (“POGO”), counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to U&HEGS, confirming as of the Closing Date and, if applicable, the Option Closing Date, that:
(i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation. The Company is duly qualified and licensed and in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or leasing of any properties or the character of its operations requires such qualification or licensing, except where the failure to qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the assets, business or operations of the Company.
(ii) All issued and outstanding securities of the Company (including, without limitation, the Insider Warrants) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders; and none of such securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company. The offers and sales of the outstanding Common Stock were at all relevant times either registered under the Act and all applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws or exempt from such registration requirements. The authorized and and, to such counsel’s knowledge, outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus.
(iii) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and are paid for, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders. The Securities are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company. When issued, the Representative’s Purchase Option, the Representative’s Warrants and the Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby and such Warrants, the Representative’s Purchase Option, and the Representative’s Warrants, when issued, in each case, are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal Federal and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. The certificates representing the Securities are in due and proper form.
(iv) The Insider Warrants constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby, and such Insider Warrants are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. A sufficient number of shares of Common Stock have been reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Insider Warrants. The Common Stock underlying the Insider Warrants will, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of the exercise price thereof, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to preemptive or, to such counsel’s knowledge, similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any Securities from the Company upon issuance thereof.
(v) This Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Services Agreement, the Credit Facility Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Escrow Founding Director Warrant Purchase Agreement and the Warrant Purchase Escrow Agreement have each been duly and validly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the Company, constitute, and the Representative’s Purchase Option has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered, will constitute, the valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provisions may be limited under the federal Federal and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor, therefor may be brought.
(viv) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Representative’s Purchase Option, the Escrow Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Credit Facility Agreement, the Founding Director Warrant Purchase Agreement and the Services Agreement and compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and the issuance and sale of the Securities, do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, (a) to such counsel’s knowledge, conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or modification of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of, any mortgage, deed of trust, note, indenture, loan, contract, commitment or other agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (b) result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Company, or (c) to such counsel’s knowledge, violate any United States statute or any judgment, order or decree, rule or regulation applicable to the Company of any court, United States federalFederal, state or other regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, its properties or assets.
(viivi) The Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments or supplements thereto (other than the financial statements included therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered) each as of their respective dates appeared on their face to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and Regulations. The Securities and all other securities issued or issuable by the Company conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus. The descriptions in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement and in the Prospectus, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of United States statutes, legal matters, contracts, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present in all material respects the information required to be shown with respect to such United States statutes, legal matters, contracts, documents and proceedings, and such counsel does not know of any United States statutes or legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus that are not described in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement or the Prospectus or included as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or included as required.
(viiivii) The Registration Statement is effective under the Act. To such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act or applicable state securities laws.
(ixviii) There To such counsel’s knowledge, there is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court of governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending orpending, to such counsels’ knowledge, or threatened against the Company that is required to be described in the Registration Statement. The opinion of counsel shall further include a statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, the Underwriters and the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus contained therein and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus contained therein (except as otherwise set forth in the foregoing opinion), solely on the basis of the foregoing without independent check and verification, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead them to believe that the Registration Statement, Statement or any amendment thereto, at the time the Registration Statement or amendment became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time they were filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or at the date of such counsel’s opinion, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that such counsel need express no opinion with respect to the financial information and statistical data and information included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement or the Prospectus).
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Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Echo Healthcare Acquisition Corp.)
Closing Date and Option Closing Date Opinion of Counsel. On the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Seyfarth P▇▇▇▇▇ LLPG▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP (“POGO”), counsel to the Company, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to U&HEGS, confirming as of the Closing Date and, if applicable, the Option Closing Date, that:
(i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation. The Company is duly qualified and licensed and in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or leasing of any properties or the character of its operations requires such qualification or licensing, except where the failure to qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the assets, business or operations of the Company.
(ii) All issued and outstanding securities of the Company (including, without limitation, the Insider Founding Director Warrants) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders; and none of such securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company. The offers and sales of the outstanding Common Stock were at all relevant times either registered under the Act and all applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws or exempt from such registration requirements. The authorized and and, to such counsel’s knowledge, outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus.
(iii) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and are paid for, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders. The Securities are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company. When issued, the Representative’s Purchase Option, the Representative’s Warrants and the Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby and such Warrants, the Representative’s Purchase Option, and the Representative’s Warrants, when issued, in i n each case, are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal Federal and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. The certificates representing the Securities are in due and proper form.
(iv) The Insider Founding Director Warrants constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby, and such Insider Founding Director Warrants are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. A sufficient number of shares of Common Stock have been reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Insider Warrants. The Common Stock underlying the Insider Warrants will, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of the exercise price thereof, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to preemptive or, to such counsel’s knowledge, similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any Securities from the Company upon issuance thereofcontribution.
(v) This Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Services Agreement, the Credit Facility Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Escrow Founding Director Warrant Purchase Agreement and the Warrant Purchase Escrow Agreement have each been duly and validly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the Company, constitute, and the Representative’s Purchase Option has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered, will constitute, the valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provisions may be limited under the federal Federal and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor, therefor may be brought.
(vi) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Representative’s Purchase Option, the Escrow Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Credit Facility Agreement, the Founding Director Warrant Purchase Agreement and the Services Agreement and compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and the issuance and sale of the Securities, do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, (a) to such counsel’s knowledge, conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or modification of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of, any mortgage, deed of trust, note, indenture, loan, contract, commitment or other agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (b) result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Company, or (c) to such counsel’s knowledge, violate any United States statute or any judgment, order or decree, rule or regulation applicable to the Company of any court, United States federalFederal, state or other regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, its properties or assets.
(vii) The Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments or supplements thereto (other than the financial statements included therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered) each as of their respective dates appeared on their face to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and Regulations. The Securities and all other securities issued or issuable by the Company conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus. The descriptions in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement and in the Prospectus, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of United States statutes, legal matters, contracts, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present in all material respects the information required to be shown with respect to such United States statutes, legal matters, contracts, documents and proceedings, and such counsel does not know of any United States statutes or legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus that are not described in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement or the Prospectus or included as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or included as required.
(viii) The Registration Statement is effective under the Act. To such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act or applicable state securities laws.
(ix) There To such counsel’s knowledge, there is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court of governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending orpending, to such counsels’ knowledge, or threatened against the Company that is required to be described in the Registration Statement. The opinion of counsel shall further include a statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, the Underwriters and the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus contained therein and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus contained therein (except as otherwise set forth in the foregoing opinion), solely on the basis of the foregoing without independent check and verification, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead them to believe that the Registration Statement, Statement or any amendment thereto, at the time the Registration Statement or amendment became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time they were filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or at the date of such counsel’s opinion, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that such counsel need express no opinion with respect to the financial information and statistical data and information included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement or the Prospectus).
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (Echo Healthcare Acquisition Corp.)
Closing Date and Option Closing Date Opinion of Counsel. On the Closing Date and the Option Closing Date, if any, the Representative shall have received the favorable opinion of Seyfarth ▇▇▇▇ LLP, counsel to the CompanyEGS, dated the Closing Date or the Option Closing Date, as the case may be, addressed to the Representative and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to U&HDLA Piper, confirming as of the Closing Date and, if applicable, the Option Closing Date, that:
(i) The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation. The Company is duly qualified and licensed and in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which its ownership or leasing of any properties or the character of its operations requires such qualification or licensing, except where the failure to qualify would not have a material adverse effect on the assets, business or operations of the Company.
(ii) All issued and outstanding securities of the Company (including, without limitation, the Insider Warrants) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not subject to personal liability solely by reason of being such holders; and none of such securities were issued in violation of the preemptive rights of any stockholder of the Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company. The offers and sales of the outstanding Common Stock were at all relevant times either registered under the Act and all applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws or exempt from such registration requirements. The authorized and and, to such counsel’s knowledge, outstanding capital stock of the Company is as set forth in the Prospectus.
(iii) The Securities have been duly authorized and, when issued and are paid for, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof are not and will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders. The Securities are not and will not be subject to the preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company arising by operation of law or under the Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws of the Company. When issued, the Representative’s Purchase Option, the Representative’s Warrants and the Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby and such Warrants, the Representative’s Purchase Option, and the Representative’s Warrants, when issued, in each case, are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under the federal Federal and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. The certificates representing the Securities are in due and proper form.
(iv) The Insider Warrants constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue and sell, upon exercise thereof and payment therefor, the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby, and such Insider Warrants are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provision may be limited under federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. A sufficient number of shares of Common Stock have been reserved for issuance upon exercise of the Insider Warrants. The Common Stock underlying the Insider Warrants will, upon exercise of the Warrants and payment of the exercise price thereof, be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to preemptive or, to such counsel’s knowledge, similar rights that entitle or will entitle any person to acquire any Securities from the Company upon issuance thereof.
(v) This Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Services Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and the Warrant Purchase Escrow Agreement have each been duly and validly authorized and, when executed and delivered by the Company, constitute, and the Representative’s Purchase Option has been duly and validly authorized by the Company and, when executed and delivered, will constitute, the valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except (a) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, (b) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provisions may be limited under the federal Federal and state securities laws, and (c) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor, therefor may be brought.
(viv) The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement, the Representative’s Purchase Option, the Escrow Agreement, the Trust Agreement, the Warrant Purchase Agreement and the Services Agreement and compliance by the Company with the terms and provisions thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and the issuance and sale of the Securities, do not and will not, with or without the giving of notice or the lapse of time, or both, (a) to such counsel’s knowledge, conflict with, or result in a breach of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or modification of any lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance upon any of the properties or assets of the Company pursuant to the terms of, any mortgage, deed of trust, note, indenture, loan, contract, commitment or other agreement or instrument filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, (b) result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Company, or (c) to such counsel’s knowledge, violate any United States statute or any judgment, order or decree, rule or regulation applicable to the Company of any court, United States federalFederal, state or other regulatory authority or other governmental body having jurisdiction over the Company, its properties or assets.
(viivi) The Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus and any post-effective amendments or supplements thereto (other than the financial statements included therein, as to which no opinion need be rendered) each as of their respective dates appeared on their face to comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Act and Regulations. The Securities and all other securities issued or issuable by the Company conform in all material respects to the description thereof contained in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus. The descriptions in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement and in the Prospectus, insofar as such statements constitute a summary of United States statutes, legal matters, contracts, documents or proceedings referred to therein, fairly present in all material respects the information required to be shown with respect to such United States statutes, legal matters, contracts, documents and proceedings, and such counsel does not know of any United States statutes or legal or governmental proceedings required to be described in the Prospectus that are not described in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus Statement or the Prospectus or included as exhibits to the Registration Statement that are not described or included as required.
(viiivii) The Registration Statement is effective under the Act. To such counsel’s knowledge, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or are pending or threatened under the Act or applicable state securities laws.
(ixviii) There To such counsel’s knowledge, there is no action, suit or proceeding before or by any court of governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, now pending orpending, to such counsels’ knowledge, or threatened against the Company that is required to be described in the Registration Statement. The opinion of counsel shall further include a statement to the effect that such counsel has participated in conferences with officers and other representatives of the Company, the Underwriters and the independent registered public accounting firm of the Company, at which conferences the contents of the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus contained therein and related matters were discussed and, although such counsel is not passing upon and does not assume any responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or fairness of the statements contained in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement and the Prospectus contained therein (except as otherwise set forth in the foregoing opinion), solely on the basis of the foregoing without independent check and verification, no facts have come to the attention of such counsel which lead them to believe that the Registration Statement, Statement or any amendment thereto, at the time the Registration Statement or amendment became effective, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time they were filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or at the date of such counsel’s opinion, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statement therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (except that such counsel need express no opinion with respect to the financial information and statistical data and information included in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus Statement or the Prospectus).
Appears in 1 contract
Sources: Underwriting Agreement (H D Partners Acquisition CORP)