Closing; Closing Date Closing" and "Closing Date" have the meanings set forth in Section 5.3.
Operations Prior to the Closing Date (a) Except as set forth in Schedule 7.4 or as contemplated by this Agreement or except with the written approval of Buyer, which Buyer agrees shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, Seller shall use its reasonable efforts to operate and shall use its reasonable efforts to cause the Company to carry on the Business only in the ordinary course and substantially as presently operated. Consistent with the foregoing, Seller shall cause the Company to keep and maintain the material assets of the Company in good operating condition and repair and shall use its reasonable best efforts consistent with good business practice to maintain the business organization of the Company intact and preserve the goodwill of the employees, brokers, lenders and others having business relations with the Company. In connection therewith, Seller shall not, and shall not permit the Company to, with respect to any employee of the Company, (i) transfer such employee to Seller or an Affiliate of Seller, (ii) offer such employee employment by Seller or an Affiliate of Seller after the Closing Date or (iii) otherwise attempt to persuade any such employee to terminate his or her relationship with the Company or not to continue employment with the Company after the Closing. (b) In addition, and without limiting Section 7.4(a), except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or except with the express written approval of Buyer (which Buyer agrees shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), Seller shall not, with respect to the Equity Interests, the Company or the Business, and Seller cause the Company not to: (i) amend its articles of incorporation or by-laws (or similar organizational documents); (ii) issue, grant, sell or encumber any shares of its capital stock or other securities, or issue, grant, sell or encumber any security, option, warrant, put, call, subscription or other right of any kind, fixed or contingent, that directly or indirectly calls for the acquisition, issuance, sale, pledge or other disposition of any shares of its capital stock or other securities or make any other changes in the equity capital structure of the Company; (iii) make any change in the Business or the operations of the Company outside the ordinary course of business; (iv) make any capital expenditure or enter into any contract or commitment therefor in excess of $50,000; provided that, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, the Company may originate loans secured by 1-to-4 family residential real estate in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2,000,000 per month; provided further that Seller shall not originate any loans secured by real estate on behalf of the Company or transfer any loans secured by real estate to the Company; (v) (A) enter into any Contract which would have been a Company Agreement if in effect on the date hereof, (B) enter into any Contract which would require the consent of a third party in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or (C) modify, amend, terminate or grant any consent or waiver under any Company Agreement or any Contract that would have been a Company Agreement if it were in effect on the date hereof; (vi) sell, lease (as lessor), transfer or otherwise dispose of (including any transfers from the Company to Seller or any of its Affiliates), or mortgage or pledge, or impose or suffer to be imposed any Encumbrance on, any of (A) the Equity Interests or (B) the assets or properties of the Company, other than, in the case of this clause (B), Permitted Encumbrances; (vii) cancel any debts owed to or claims held by the Company (including the settlement of any claims or litigation) other than in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice; (viii) create, incur or assume, or agree to create, incur or assume, any Indebtedness or enter into, as lessee, any capitalized lease obligations (as defined in Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 13), other than in the ordinary course of business; (ix) accelerate or delay collection of any notes or accounts receivable in advance of or beyond their regular due dates or the dates involving more than $25,000 when the same would have been collected in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice; (x) delay or accelerate payment of any account payable or other liability of the Company beyond or in advance of its due date or the date involving more than $25,000 when such liability would have been paid in the ordinary course of the Business consistent with past practice; (xi) except as expressly contemplated by Section 7.9, make, or agree to make, any distribution or other disposition of assets (other than cash and cash equivalents) to Seller or any of its Affiliates; (xii) institute any material increase in any profit-sharing, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, insurance, pension, retirement, medical, hospital, disability, welfare or other employee benefit plan with respect to employees of the Company, except for payments related to stay bonus, transaction completion bonus, severance payments or other similar payments made on or prior to the Closing Date as a result of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby; (xiii) make any material increase in the compensation of the employees of the Company, other than changes made in accordance with normal compensation practices and consistent with past compensation practices; (A) except as required by applicable Requirements of Law, prepare or file any Tax Return inconsistent with past practice or, on any such Tax Return, take any position, make any election, or adopt any method that is inconsistent with positions taken, elections made or methods used in preparing or filing similar Tax Returns in prior periods (including positions, elections or methods that would have the effect of deferring income to periods ending after the Closing Date or accelerating deductions to periods ending on or before the Closing Date), or (B) settle or otherwise compromise any claim related to Taxes, enter into any closing agreement or similar agreement related to Taxes, otherwise settle any dispute relating to Taxes, or request any ruling or similar guidance with respect to Taxes; (xv) make any change in the accounting policies applied in the preparation of the financial statements contained in Schedule 5.4, unless such change is required by GAAP; (xvi) originate, acquire, hold, sell, transfer, securitize or hedge loans secured by real estate; provided that, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, the Company may originate loans secured by 1-to-4 family residential real estate in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2,000,000 per month; provided further that Seller shall not originate any loans secured by real estate on behalf of the Company or transfer any loans secured by real estate to the Company; or (xvii) make any material change in internal control over financial reporting, other than any change required by GAAP or any change made by Seller with respect to all of its Controlled Affiliates. (c) The Company shall keep all insurance policies set forth on Schedule 5.22, or suitable replacements therefor, in full force and effect through the Closing Date.
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.
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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 ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇.