Closing Balance Sheet (a) As promptly as practicable, but no later than ninety (90) days, after the Closing Date, Buyer shall cause to be prepared and delivered to Seller a written statement (the “Final Closing Statement”) that shall include and set forth (i) a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and the Subsidiaries, which shall present the consolidated financial position of the Company and the Subsidiaries as of the close of business on the day prior to the Closing Date in accordance with the Accounting Policies (the “Closing Balance Sheet”) and shall include line items consistent with those in the Company Balance Sheet and (ii) a calculation of the actual (A) Working Capital (the “Closing Working Capital”), (B) Cash (the “Closing Cash”), and (C) Transaction Expenses (the “Closing Transaction Expenses”) (with each of Closing Working Capital and Closing Cash determined as of the close of business on the day prior to the Closing Date and without giving effect to the transactions contemplated herein and Closing Transaction Expenses determined as of the Closing, giving effect to the transactions contemplated herein. All calculations of Closing Working Capital, Closing Cash and Closing Transaction Expenses shall be accompanied by a certificate of a duly authorized officer of Buyer certifying that such estimates have been calculated in accordance with this Agreement and the Accounting Policies, to the extent applicable.
(b) The Final Closing Statement shall become final and binding on the thirtieth (30th) day following delivery thereof, unless prior to the end of such period, Seller delivers to the Buyer written notice of its disagreement (a “Notice of Disagreement”) specifying the nature and amount of any dispute as to the Closing Working Capital, Closing Cash and/or Closing Transaction Expenses, as set forth in the Final Closing Statement. Seller shall be deemed to have agreed with all items and amounts of Closing Working Capital, Closing Cash and/or Closing Transaction Expenses not specifically referenced in the Notice of Disagreement, and such items and amounts shall not be subject to review in accordance with Section 2.04(c).
(c) During the fifteen (15) day period following delivery of a Notice of Disagreement by Seller to Buyer, the parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to reach agreement on the disputed items with respect to the computation of the Closing Working Capital, Closing Cash and/or Closing Transaction Expenses as specified therein. Any disputed items resolved in writing between Seller and Buyer within such fifteen (15) day period shall be final and binding with respect to such items, and if Seller and Buyer agree in writing on the resolution of each disputed item specified by Seller in the Notice of Disagreement and the amount of the Closing Working Capital, Closing Cash and Closing Transaction Expenses, the amounts so determined shall be final and binding on the parties for all purposes hereunder. If Seller and Buyer have not resolved all such differences by the end of such fifteen (15) day period, no later than ten (10) days following the end of such fifteen (15) day period, Seller and Buyer shall submit, in writing, to an independent public accounting firm (the “Independent Accounting Firm”), their briefs detailing their views as to the correct nature and amount of each item remaining in dispute and the amounts of the Closing Working Capital, Closing Cash and Closing Transaction Expenses, and the Independent Accounting Firm shall make a written determination as to each such disputed item and the amount of the Closing Working Capital, Closing Cash and Closing Transaction Expenses, which determination shall be final and binding on the parties for all purposes hereunder. In making such calculations, the Independent Accounting Firm shall consider only those items and amounts in Seller’s and Buyer’s respective calculations of the Closing Working Capital, Closing Cash and Closing Transaction Expenses that are identified as being items and amounts to which Seller and Buyer have been unable to agree. In resolving any disputed item, the Independent Accounting Firm may not assign a value to any item greater than the greatest value for such item claimed by either party or less than the smallest value for such item claimed by either party. The Independent Accounting Firm shall be Ernst & Young LLP or, if such firm is unable or unwilling to act, such other independent public accounting firm as shall be agreed in writing between Seller and Buyer. Seller and Buyer shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Independent Accounting Firm to render a written decision resolving the matters submitted to it within thirty (30) days following the submission thereof. In acting under this Agreement, the Independent Accounting Firm will be entitled to the privileges and immunities of an arbitrator.
(d) The costs of any dispute resolution pursuant to Section 2.04(c), including the fees and expenses of the Independent Accounting Firm and of any enforcement of the determination thereof, shall be borne by Seller and Buyer in inverse proportion as they may prevail on the matters resolved by the Independent Accounting Firm, which proportionate allocation shall be calculated on an aggregate basis based on the relative dollar values of the amounts in dispute and shall be determined by the Independent Accounting Firm at the time the determination of such firm is rendered on the merits of the matters submitted. The fees and disbursements of the representatives of each party incurred in connection with the preparation or review of the Final Closing Statement and preparation or review of any Notice of Disagreement, as applicable, shall be borne by such party or parties.
(e) Buyer will cause the Company to afford Seller and its representatives (including Deloitte & Touche LLP), reasonable access, during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice, to the personnel, properties, books and records of the Company and the Subsidiaries and their representatives and to any other information reasonably requested for purposes of preparing and reviewing the calculations contemplated by this Section 2.04. Each party shall authorize its accountants to disclose work papers generated by such accountants in connection with preparing and reviewing the calculations of the Working Capital and Cash as specified in this Section 2.04; provided that such accountants shall not be obligated to make any work papers available except in accordance with such accountants’ disclosure procedures and then only after the non-client party has signed a customary agreement relating to access to such work papers in form and substance acceptable to such accountants.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the parties acknowledge and agree that each item required to be reflected in any of the Closing Working Capital, Closing Cash or Closing Transaction Expenses is intended to, and shall, be accounted for only once, without duplication, in determining the adjustments to be made to the Purchase Price in accordance with this Agreement, including pursuant to this Section 2.04, Section 2.05, Article 11 and Article 13.
Estimated Closing Statement (i) No later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Acquiror (A) a statement (the “Estimated Closing Statement”) setting forth the Company’s good faith estimates of (1) the Estimated Net Working Capital (as well as the resulting Estimated Net Working Capital Surplus (if any) or Estimated Net Working Capital Shortfall (if any)), (2) the Estimated Transaction Expenses, (3) the Estimated Closing Cash and (4) the Estimated Closing Debt, and (B) a schedule which shall include (1) the Estimated Total Stock Purchase Consideration, (2) wire instructions for the payments to be made to NewCo at the Closing pursuant to Section 2.3(b), (3) each Seller’s Pro Rata Percentage and the portion of the Estimated Total Stock Purchase Consideration attributable to each Seller; and (4) wire instructions for the payments of Debt, and the Estimated Transaction Expenses, including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Transaction Bonuses, to be made to the applicable payees thereof pursuant to Section 2.3(b) (such schedule delivered pursuant to this clause (B), the “Payment Schedule”). The Estimated Closing Statement shall be prepared by the Company in accordance with the Agreed Principles.
(ii) The Company shall consider in good faith any reasonable comments or objections to any amounts set forth on the Estimated Closing Statement notified to it by Acquiror prior to the Closing and if, prior to the Closing, the Company and Acquiror agree to make any modification to the Estimated Closing Statement, then the Estimated Closing Statement as so modified shall be deemed to be the Estimated Closing Statement; provided, that the failure of the Company and Acquiror to reach such mutual agreement will not give any party the right to terminate this Agreement or otherwise delay or fail to close the Stock Purchase or the other transactions contemplated hereunder.
(iii) Acquiror shall be entitled to rely on the accuracy of the Estimated Closing Statement and the Payment Schedule in all respects in making any payments pursuant to this Agreement, and all obligations to make such payments shall be deemed fulfilled to the extent such payments are made in accordance with this Agreement, the Payment Schedule, and the Estimated Closing Statement, including the Earn-Out Payment. None of Acquiror or any of its Affiliates (including, after the Closing, the Company) or the Seller Representative shall have any liability or obligation to any Person, including the Sellers and the Seller Guarantors, for any Damages arising from or relating to any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in the calculations of the portion of any amounts payable to any Seller or any other Person or any other errors, omissions or inaccuracy in the information set forth on the Estimated Closing Statement or the Payment Schedule.
Statement of Estimated Direct Expenses In addition, Landlord shall give Tenant a yearly expense estimate statement (the “Estimate Statement”) which shall set forth Landlord’s reasonable estimate (the “Estimate”) of what the total amount of Direct Expenses for the then-current Expense Year shall be and the estimated Tenant’s Share of Direct Expenses (the “Estimated Direct Expenses”). The failure of Landlord to timely furnish the Estimate Statement for any Expense Year shall not preclude Landlord from enforcing its rights to collect any Estimated Direct Expenses under this Article 4, nor shall Landlord be prohibited from revising any Estimate Statement or Estimated Direct Expenses theretofore delivered to the extent necessary. Thereafter, Tenant shall pay, with its next installment of Base Rent due that is at least thirty (30) days thereafter, a fraction of the Estimated Direct Expenses for the then-current Expense Year (reduced by any amounts paid pursuant to the last sentence of this Section 4.4.2). Such fraction shall have as its numerator the number of months which have elapsed in such current Expense Year, including the month of such payment, and twelve (12) as its denominator. Until a new Estimate Statement is furnished (which Landlord shall have the right to deliver to Tenant at any time), Tenant shall pay monthly, with the monthly Base Rent installments, an amount equal to one-twelfth (1/12) of the total Estimated Direct Expenses set forth in the previous Estimate Statement delivered by Landlord to Tenant.
Closing Date Balance Sheet (a) Within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, Buyer shall prepare and deliver to Shareholders' Representative a draft Closing Date Balance Sheet, which shall be prepared (i) in accordance with GAAP applied in a manner consistent with the past practice of the Company, except as otherwise specifically required by the Net Worth Methodology and (ii) in a manner consistent with the December Balance Sheet.
(b) If Shareholders' Representative has no objections to the draft Closing Date Balance Sheet, such draft shall constitute the Closing Date Balance Sheet. If Shareholders' Representative has any objections to the draft Closing Date Balance Sheet, it will deliver a detailed statement describing its objections to Buyer within thirty (30) days after receiving the draft Closing Date Balance Sheet. Shareholders' Representative and Buyer will use their commercially reasonable efforts to resolve any such objections. If Shareholders' Representative duly gives Buyer such notice of objection, and if Buyer and Shareholders' Representative fail to resolve the issues outstanding with respect to the Closing Date Balance Sheet and the calculation of the Closing Date Net Worth within thirty (30) days of Buyer's receipt of Shareholders' Representative's objection notice, Buyer and Shareholders' Representative shall submit the issues remaining in dispute to PricewaterhouseCoopers, certified public accountants (the "Independent Accountants"). If issues remaining in dispute are submitted to the Independent Accountants for resolution, (i) Buyer and Shareholders' Representative shall promptly furnish or cause to be furnished to the Independent Accountants such work papers and other documents and information relating to the disputed issues as the Independent Accountants may request and are available to that party or its agents and shall be afforded the opportunity to present to the Independent Accountants any material relating to the disputed issues and to discuss the issues with the Independent Accountants; (ii) the determination by the Independent Accountants, as set forth in a notice to be delivered to both Buyer and Shareholders' Representative within thirty (30) days of the submission to the Independent Accountants of the issues remaining in dispute, shall be final, binding and conclusive on the parties and shall be used in the calculation of the Closing Date Net Worth; and
(iii) Buyer shall bear fifty percent (50%) of the fees and costs of the Independent Accountants for such determination and fifty percent (50%) of such fees and expenses shall be paid from the Escrow Fund.
(c) Buyer will make the work papers used in preparing the draft Closing Date Balance Sheet and the Closing Date Balance Sheet available to Shareholders' Representative at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice at any time during the preparation by Buyer of the draft Closing Date Balance Sheet and the resolution of any objections with respect thereto.
Closing Financial Statements At least eight Business Days prior to the Effective Time of the Merger, Malvern shall provide First Bank with ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s consolidated financial statements presenting the financial condition of Malvern and its Subsidiaries as of the close of business on the last day of the last month ended prior to the Effective Time of the Merger and Malvern’s consolidated results of operations for the period from January 1, 2022 through the close of business on the last day of the last month ended prior to the Effective Time of the Merger (the “Closing Financial Statements”); provided, that if the Effective Time of the Merger occurs on or before the 15th Business Day of the month, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall have provided consolidated financial statements as of and through the second month preceding the Effective Time of the Merger. Such financial statements shall be accompanied by a certificate of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇’s chief financial officer, dated as of the date of delivery, to the effect that such financial statements continue to reflect accurately, as of the date of the certificate, the financial condition of Malvern in all material respects. Such financial statements shall have been prepared in all material respects in accordance with GAAP, and reflect all period-end accruals and other adjustments. Such Closing Financial Statements shall also reflect as of their date (a) accruals for (i) all fees and expenses of all attorneys, accountants, investment bankers and other advisors and agents for Malvern for services rendered in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) any employee severance, retention or change-in-control payments or expenses consistent with the terms of this Agreement, (iii) any payment made or expense accrued for the purchase of a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy pursuant to this Agreement, (iv) other third-party costs, fees and expenses incurred or accrued by Malvern in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and in each case, paid by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or payable by Malvern prior to the Effective Time, (v) losses incurred or accrued by ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ relating to the loans listed in Section 8.2(f)(1) of Malvern’s Disclosure Memorandum, (vi) costs, fees expenses, or any other amounts or payments, incurred or accrued by Malvern in connection with the matter set forth in Section 8.2(f)(2) of Malvern’s Disclosure Memorandum, (vii) changes in accumulated other comprehensive income from September 30, 2022 through the Closing Date, and (viii) changes to changes to GAAP or regulatory accounting requirements, including GAAP shareholders’ equity as a result of the initial adoption of the Current Expected Credit Losses (CECL) Methodology and (b) the shareholders’ equity referenced in Section 8.2(f).