CLOSING AND CLOSING DATE 3.1 Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Closing Date shall be April 27, 2007, or such other date as the parties may agree. All acts taking place at the closing of the transactions provided for in this Agreement (Closing) shall be deemed to take place simultaneously as of the close of business on the Closing Date unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. The close of business on the Closing Date shall be as of 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time or such later time on that date as the Acquired Funds net asset value and/or the net asset value per share of each class of shares of the Acquiring Fund is calculated in accordance with paragraph 2.2 and after the declaration of any dividends. The Closing shall be held at the offices of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP or at such other time and/or place as the parties may agree.
3.2 The Acquired Entity shall direct State Street Bank and Trust Company (the Custodian) to transfer ownership of the Assets from the accounts of the Acquired Fund that the Custodian maintains as custodian for the Acquired Fund to the accounts of the Acquiring Fund that the Custodian maintains as custodian for the Acquiring Fund and to deliver to the Acquiring Entity, at the Closing, a certificate of an authorized officer stating that (i) the Assets of the Acquired Fund have been so transferred as of the Closing Date, and (ii) all necessary taxes in connection with the delivery of the Assets of the Acquired Fund, including all applicable federal and state stock transfer stamps, if any, have been paid or provision for payment has been made.
3.3 The Acquired Entity shall direct PFPC Inc., in its capacity as transfer agent for the Acquired Fund (Transfer Agent), to deliver to the Acquiring Entity at the Closing a certificate of an authorized officer stating that its records contain the name and address of each Acquired Fund Shareholder and the number and percentage ownership of each outstanding class of Acquired Fund Shares owned by each such shareholder immediately prior to the Closing. The Acquiring Fund shall deliver to the Secretary of the Acquired Fund a confirmation evidencing that (a) the appropriate number of Acquiring Fund Shares have been credited to the Acquired Funds account on the books of the Acquiring Fund pursuant to paragraph 1.1 prior to the actions contemplated by paragraph 1.5 and (b) the appropriate number of Acquiring Fund Shares have been credited to the accounts of the Acquired Fund Shareholders on the books of the Acquiring Fund pursuant to paragraph 1.5. At the Closing, each party shall deliver to the other party such bills of sale, checks, assignments, share certificates, if any, receipts or other documents as the other party or its counsel may reasonably request.
3.4 In the event that on the Valuation Date (a) the New York Stock Exchange or another primary trading market for portfolio securities of the Acquiring Fund or the Acquired Fund (each, an Exchange) shall be closed to trading or trading thereupon shall be restricted, or (b) trading or the reporting of trading on such Exchange or elsewhere shall be disrupted so that accurate appraisal of the value of the net assets of the Acquired Fund or the Acquiring Fund is impracticable (in the judgment of the Acquiring Entity Board with respect to the Acquiring Fund and the Acquired Entity Board with respect to the Acquired Fund), the Closing Date shall be postponed until the first Friday (that is also a business day) after the day when trading shall have been fully resumed and reporting shall have been restored.
Closing Dates Each Closing of the purchase of Convertible Debentures by the Buyers shall occur at the offices Yorkville Advisors Global, LP, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇. The date and time of each Closing shall be as follows: (i) the First Closing shall be 10:00 a.m., New York time, on the first Business Day on which the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below are satisfied or waived (or such other date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer) (the “First Closing Date”), (ii) the Second Closing shall be 10:00 a.m., New York time, by the third Business Day after the date on which the Registration Statement is filed by the Company with the SEC, provided the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below are satisfied or waived (or such other date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer) (the “Second Closing Date”), and (iii) the Third Closing shall be 10:00 a.m., New York time, by the third Business Day after the Registration Statement is first declared effective by the SEC, provided the conditions to the Closing set forth in Sections 6 and 7 below are satisfied or waived (or such other date as is mutually agreed to by the Company and each Buyer) (the “Third Closing Date” and collectively referred to as the “Closing Dates”). As used herein “Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
The First Closing Date Delivery of certificates for the Firm Shares to be purchased by the Underwriters and payment therefor shall be made at the offices of ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP (or such other place as may be agreed to by the Company and the Representatives) at 9:00 a.m. New York City time, on [•], or such other time and date not later than 1:30 p.m. New York City time, on [•] as the Representatives shall designate by notice to the Company (the time and date of such closing are called the “First Closing Date”). The Company hereby acknowledges that circumstances under which the Representatives may provide notice to postpone the First Closing Date as originally scheduled include, but are not limited to, any determination by the Company or the Representatives to recirculate to the public copies of an amended or supplemented Prospectus or a delay as contemplated by the provisions of Section 11.
Initial Closing Date 3.1 A meeting shall take place on the Initial Closing Date at the offices of ▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ or such offices as the parties may agree at which the Seller shall deliver to the Security Trustee or its representative the following documents:
(a) two originals of the power of attorney substantially in the form set out in Schedule 5, duly executed by the Seller;
(b) a certified copy of each of the Insurance Acknowledgements (as defined in the Mortgage Sale Agreement dated 26 July 2000);
(c) a duly executed assignment of the MIG Policies (as defined in the Mortgage Sale Agreement dated 26 July 2000) from the Seller and a certified copy of a notice (the original of which shall be served by courier or by special delivery) of such assignment from the Seller to Carfax or such other insurer under the MIG Policies in the form (mutatis mutandis) set out in Schedules 8 and 9 respectively of the Mortgage Sale Agreement dated 26 July 2000 and a certified copy of consent to assignment of the MIG Policies (or acknowledgement that the Mortgages Trustee will be an insured under the MIG Policies following the assignment) from Carfax or such other insurers in such form as the Mortgages Trustee reasonably requires;
(d) a certified copy of the board minutes of the Seller authorising its duly appointed representatives to agree the sale of the Portfolio and authorising execution and performance of this Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the other Transaction Documents and all of the documentation to be entered into pursuant to this Agreement;
(e) a duly executed assignment of rights against third parties in the form of the Assignment of Third Party Rights;
(f) a certified copy of the notice from the Seller to Carfax as to the proposed assignment of the MIG Policies; and
(g) a solvency certificate from an authorised signatory of the Seller dated as at the Initial Closing Date.
3.2 The Seller undertakes that, from the Initial Closing Date until the completion of the assignment in accordance with Clause 6.1, the Seller shall hold the Title Deeds and Customer Files relating to the Portfolio that are in its possession or under its control or held to its order to the order of the Mortgages Trustee or as the Mortgages Trustee shall direct.
3.3 Subject to fulfilment of the conditions referred to in Clauses 2.2 and 3.1, the Seller shall be paid the Purchase Price by telegraphic transfer as follows:
(a) the Initial Consideration shall be paid by Funding for and on behalf of the Mortgages Trustee on the Initial Closing Date; and
(b) the Deferred Consideration (including any Postponed Deferred Consideration) shall be paid by Funding for and on behalf of the Mortgages Trustee quarterly on the Interest Payment Dates (provided there are available funds and after the making of any provisions in accordance with normal accounting practice) in accordance with the Funding Pre- Enforcement Revenue Priority of Payments or, as the case may be, the Funding Post- Enforcement Priority of Payments.
3.4 The Seller shall provide all reasonable co-operation to the Mortgages Trustee, Funding and the Security Trustee to enable them to carry out their respective duties and enforce their rights under the Transaction Documents. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Seller shall:
(a) upon reasonable prior notice and during normal office hours, permit the Mortgages Trustee, Funding, the Security Trustee and their authorised employees and agents and other persons nominated by the Security Trustee and approved by the Seller (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to review the Customer Files and the Title Deeds in relation to the Portfolio (subject to such person(s) agreeing to keep the same confidential but provided that disclosure shall be permitted to the professional advisors and auditors of the party making the disclosure and/or to the extent that such disclosure is required by law or for the purpose of any judicial or other proceedings); and/or
(b) give promptly all such information and explanations relating to the Loans and their Related Security as the Mortgages Trustee, Funding or the Security Trustee may reasonably request (including a list of the Loans and their Related Security in the Portfolio along with details of the location of the Title Deeds relating thereto), provided that, prior to completion in accordance with Clause 6, the Seller shall be under no obligation to provide any information or documentation to any person other than the Mortgages Trustee and/or the Security Trustee or their respective employees or allow such person access to the Customer Files or Title Deeds if to do so would result in a breach of the applicable Mortgage Terms or the Data Protection ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇.
Conditions to Closing Date It shall be a condition to the Closing Date that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied or waived as of such date, and upon such satisfaction or waiver, this Agreement shall be effective:
(a) this Agreement shall have been duly executed and delivered by the parties hereto;
(b) the VMTP Preferred Shares shall have a long-term issue credit rating of “Aa1” from Moody’s and long-term issue credit rating of “AA” from Fitch on the Closing Date;
(c) receipt by the Purchaser of opinion(s) of counsel for the Fund acceptable to the Purchaser;
(d) there shall have been delivered to the Purchaser such information and copies of documents, approvals (if any) and records certified, where appropriate, of trust and legal proceedings as the Purchaser may have requested relating to the Fund’s entering into and performing this Agreement and the other Related Documents to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(e) there shall have been delivered to the Fund such information and copies of documents, approvals (if any) and records certified, where appropriate, of trust and legal proceedings as the Fund may have requested relating to the Purchaser’s entering into and performing this Agreement and the other Related Documents to which it is a party, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby;
(f) receipt by the Purchaser of executed originals or copies of all Related Documents (other than this Agreement) to which the Fund is a party, as in effect on the Closing Date, and an incumbency certificate with respect to the authorized signatories thereto;
(g) receipt by the Fund of executed originals or copies of all Related Documents (other than this Agreement) to which the Purchaser is a party, as in effect on the Closing Date, and an incumbency certificate with respect to the authorized signatories thereto;
(h) receipt by the Fund and the Purchaser of the Information Statement in form and substance satisfactory to the Fund and the Purchaser;
(i) the reasonable fees and expenses and all other amounts (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses related to the issuance of the VMTP Preferred Shares) payable on the Closing Date and pursuant to Section 2.03 hereof shall have been paid;
(j) receipt by the Fund and the Purchaser of an opinion of counsel of the Redemption and Paying Agent in the form and substance satisfactory to the Fund and the Purchaser;
(k) except as disclosed in the Information Statement or in Schedule II hereto, there shall not be any action, suit, proceeding or investigation pending or (to the knowledge of the Fund) overtly threatened in writing against the Fund in any court or before any governmental authority which in the good faith judgment of the party invoking this condition, (i) is in any way contesting or, if decided adversely, would affect the validity of any other Related Document to which the Fund is a party or this Agreement, or (ii) in which a final adverse decision would materially adversely affect provisions for or materially adversely affect the sources for payment of Liquidation Preference of or dividends on the VMTP Preferred Shares;
(l) receipt by the Purchaser of copies of all ISDA documentation to which the Fund is a party including all trade confirmations and credit support annexes;
(m) in the good faith judgment of the party invoking this condition no change in law, rule or regulation (or their interpretation or administration), in each case, shall have occurred after the date of this Agreement, which will materially and adversely affect the consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement; and
(n) there shall have been delivered to the Purchaser any additional documentation and financial information, including satisfactory responses to its due diligence inquiries, as it reasonably deems relevant. The Fund and the Purchaser agree that consummation of the purchase and sale of the VMTP Preferred Shares pursuant to this Agreement shall constitute acknowledgment that the foregoing conditions have been satisfied or waived.