Termination Fees (a) The Company shall pay the Termination Fee to Parent if the Agreement is terminated as follows:
(i) If this Agreement is terminated by either the Company or Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(iii) (Requisite Stockholder Approval) at a time when this Agreement was terminable by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(ii) (Adverse Recommendation Change) or terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(ii) (Adverse Recommendation Change), then the Company shall pay the Termination Fee on the second (2nd) Business Day following such termination;
(ii) If this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(c)(ii) (Superior Proposal), then the Company shall pay the Termination Fee concurrently with such termination; and
(iii) (x) If this Agreement is terminated (A) pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(iii) (Requisite Stockholder Vote), (B) pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(i) (Company Breach) or (C) pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(i) (Termination Date), (y) in any such case a Competing Proposal shall have been publicly announced or, in the case of a termination pursuant to clause (B) or (C), otherwise communicated to the Company Board (and not withdrawn) after the date of this Agreement and prior to the date of the Stockholders’ Meeting, in the case of clause (A), or the date of termination, in the case of clauses (B) and (C), and (z) if within twelve (12) months after the date of such termination, a transaction in respect of such Competing Proposal is consummated or the Company enters into a definitive agreement in respect of such Competing Proposal, then the Company shall pay the Termination Fee on the second (2nd) Business Day following the date the Company enters into such transaction (provided, that solely for purposes of this Section 8.3(a)(iii), the term “Competing Proposal” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.5(g)(i), except that all references to 20% shall be changed to 50%).
(iv) Any Termination Fee due by the Company under this Section 8.3(a) shall be paid by the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds (it being understood that in no event shall the Company be required to pay the Termination Fee on more than one occasion).
(b) Parent shall pay the Reverse Termination Fee to the Company on the second (2nd) Business Day following such termination if (i) the Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(i) (Termination Date) or Section 8.1(b)(ii) (Legal Restraint) (with respect to Section 8.1(b)(ii), solely to the extent the applicable Law or Order arises under the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Law or Foreign Investment Law) and (ii) all of the conditions to Closing set forth in Article VII shall have been satisfied or validly waived (except for those conditions that by their terms must be satisfied at the Closing; provided that such conditions would have been so satisfied if the Closing would have occurred on or before the date of termination), other than the conditions to Closing set forth in Section 7.1(b) or Section 7.1(c) (with respect to Section 7.1(c), solely to the extent that such Law or Order arises under the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Law or Foreign Investment Law). The Reverse Termination Fee due by Parent under this Section 8.3(b) shall be paid by Parent by wire transfer of immediately available funds (it being understood that in no event shall Parent be required to pay the Reverse Termination Fee on more than one occasion).
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Agreement, but subject to Section 9.9, (x) Parent’s receipt in full of the Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.3(a), in circumstances where the Termination Fee is owed pursuant to Section 8.3(a), shall constitute the sole and exclusive monetary remedy of Parent and Merger Subs against the Company and its Subsidiaries and any of their respective direct or indirect, former, current or future general or limited partners, stockholders, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates or assignees of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Company Related Parties”) for all losses and damages suffered as a result of any breach or failure to perform hereunder giving rise to such termination, and upon payment of such amount, none of the Company Related Parties shall have any further liability or obligation relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby with respect to such breach or failure to perform; and (y) the Company’s receipt in full of the Reverse Termination Fee pursuant to Section 8.3(b), in circumstances where the Reverse Termination Fee is owed pursuant to Section 8.3(b), shall constitute the sole and exclusive monetary remedy of the Company and its Subsidiaries against Parent and Merger Subs and any of their respective direct or indirect, former, current or future general or limited partners, stockholders, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, agents, Affiliates or assignees of any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Parent Related Parties”) for all losses and damages suffered as a result of any breach or failure to perform hereunder giving rise to such termination, and upon payment of such amount, none of the Parent Related Parties shall have any further liability or obligation relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated thereby with respect to such breach or failure to perform; provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company, Parent and Merger Subs shall be entitled to pursue an injunction, or other appropriate form of specific performance or equitable relief, solely as provided in Section 9.9.
(d) Each of the parties hereto acknowledges that (i) the agreements contained in this Section 8.3 are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) the Termination Fee and Reverse Termination Fee are not penalties, but are liquidated damages, in a reasonable amount that will compensate Parent or the Company, as applicable, in the circumstances in which such fees are payable, for the efforts and resources expended and opportunities foregone while negotiating this Agreement and in reliance on this Agreement and on the expectation of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, which amount would otherwise be impossible to calculate with precision and (iii) without these agreements, the parties hereto would not enter into this Agreement. Accordingly, if the Company or Parent, as applicable, fails to timely pay any amount due pursuant to this Section 8.3 and, in order to obtain such payment, Parent or the Company, as applicable, commences a suit that results in a judgment against the other party for the payment of any amount set forth in this Section 8.3, then Parent or the Company, as applicable, shall pay the other party its costs and expenses in connection with such suit, together with interest on such amount at the annual rate of five percent (5%) plus the prime rate as published in The Wall Street Journal in effect on the date such payment was required to be made through the date such payment was actually received, or such lesser rate as is the maximum permitted by applicable Law.
Expenses; Termination Fees (a) Except as set forth in this Section 9.2, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions shall be paid by the party incurring such fees and expenses, whether or not the Merger is consummated.
(b) If this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 9.1(b), then the Company shall pay to Parent the Expense Payment;
(i) provided, however, if the only if as of the End Date all of the conditions to the Closing in ARTICLE 7 have been satisfied or waived except those set forth in Sections 7.7 or 7.16, the Company shall not be required to pay to Parent the Expense Payment;
(ii) provided, further, however, if (i) as of the End Date all of the conditions to the Closing in ARTICLE 7 have been satisfied or waived except there is a Legal Proceeding described in clause (b) of Section 7.8 pending or threatened (or any other conditions of ARTICLE 7 have not been satisfied solely as a result of such Legal Proceeding and would be immediately satisfied if such Legal Proceeding did not exist, was settled or otherwise dismissed), (ii) the claim(s) with respect to such Legal Proceeding has been timely and duly reported to the carrier for the Company’s directors and officers and/or errors and omissions insurance and (iii) Parent terminates this Agreement, the Company shall not pay to Parent the Expense Payment and Parent shall pay to the Company $400,000.
(c) If (i) this Agreement is terminated by Parent or the Company pursuant to Section 9.1(b) or Section 9.1(d), (ii) at or prior to the time of the termination of this Agreement an Acquisition Proposal shall have been disclosed, announced, commenced, submitted or made, and (iii) on or prior to 12 months after the date of such termination, either an Acquisition Transaction is consummated or a definitive agreement relating to an Acquisition Transaction is entered into, then the Company shall pay to Parent the Expense Payment and a non-refundable fee in the amount of $600,000 (the “Fee”) in cash on or prior to the earlier of the date of consummation of such Acquisition Transaction or the date of execution of such definitive agreement; provided, however, that, solely for purposes of this Section 9.3(b), all references to “15%” in the definition of “Acquisition Transaction” shall be deemed to refer instead to “50%.”
(d) If this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 9.1(e), or if this Agreement is terminated by Parent or the Company pursuant to any other provision of Section 9.1 at any time after the occurrence of a Triggering Event, then the Company shall pay to Parent the Fee and the Expense Payment in cash.
(e) If this Agreement is terminated by Parent pursuant to Section 9.1(f), then the Company shall pay to Parent the Expense Payment.
(f) Unless otherwise provided in this Section 9.3, any fee required to be paid pursuant to this Section 9.3 shall be paid and made within two business days after such termination.
(g) Each party acknowledges and agrees that the covenants and obligations contained in this Section 9.3 are an integral part of the Transactions, and that, without these covenants and obligations, such party would not have entered into this Agreement.
(h) If either party fails to pay when due any amount payable under this Section 9.3, then: (i) such party shall reimburse the other party for all costs and expenses (including fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred in connection with the collection of such overdue amount and the enforcement by the other party of its rights under this Section 9.3; and (ii) the first party shall pay to the other party interest on such overdue amount (for the period commencing as of the date such overdue amount was originally required to be paid and ending on the date such overdue amount is actually paid to the other party in full) at a rate per annum 500 basis points over the “prime rate” (as announced by Bank of America, N.A. or any successor thereto) in effect on the date such overdue amount was originally required to be paid.
Early Termination Fees The amount if an Early Termination Fee that we are entitled to charge is:
(a) the amount specified in or calculated in accordance with the relevant Plan; or
(b) otherwise, a reasonable estimate of our lost profit as a result of an early termination.
Company Termination Fee (i) If this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 8.01(d) or by Parent pursuant to Section 8.01(e), the Company shall within three (3) Business Days after the date of such termination, pay Parent, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty and as the sole and exclusive remedy of Parent, Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II against the Company and its Subsidiaries and any of their respective Affiliates, shareholders or Representatives for any loss or damage suffered as a result of the failure of the Mergers to be consummated, the Company Termination Fee by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
(ii) If this Agreement is terminated by either the Company or Parent pursuant to Section 8.01(c) or by Parent pursuant to Section 8.01(g) as a result of a breach of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement and (A) at any time after the date hereof and prior to the Company Shareholders Meeting or the breach giving rise to Parent’s right to terminate under Section 8.01(g), respectively, a Takeover Proposal shall have been publicly announced or publicly made known to the Company Special Committee or the shareholders of the Company or any Person shall have publicly announced an intention (whether or not conditional) to make a Takeover Proposal and such Takeover Proposal or such intent has not been publicly withdrawn or repudiated by such Person prior to the Company Shareholders Meeting or the breach, respectively, and (B) within twelve (12) months after such termination, the Company either consummates such Takeover Proposal or enters into a definitive agreement to consummate such Takeover Proposal and the Company thereafter consummates such Takeover Proposal (whether or not within such twelve (12) month period), then the Company shall upon the consummation of such Takeover Proposal, pay Parent, as liquidated damages and not as a penalty and as the sole and exclusive remedy of Parent, Merger Sub I and Merger Sub II against the Company and its Subsidiaries and any of their respective Affiliates, shareholders or Representatives for any loss or damage suffered as a result of the failure of the Mergers to be consummated, the Company Termination Fee by wire transfer of immediately available funds.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Parent’s right to receive payment of the Company Termination Fee pursuant to this Section 8.02(b) constitute the sole and exclusive remedy of Parent or any of its Affiliates against the Company, or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective partners, members, shareholders or Representatives for any and all losses that may be suffered based upon, resulting from or arising out of the circumstances giving rise to such termination, and upon payment of the Company Termination Fee in accordance with this Section 8.02(b), none of the Company or any of its Affiliates or any of their respective partners, members, shareholders or Representatives shall have any further liability or obligation relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the Mergers or the other transactions contemplated hereby.
Parent Termination Fee (i) If this Agreement is validly terminated by (A) the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(ii) or Section 8.1(d)(iv) or (B) the Company or Parent pursuant to Section 8.1(b)(i) at such time as this Agreement was terminable by the Company pursuant to Section 8.1(d)(ii) or Section 8.1(d)(iv), then Parent shall promptly, but in no event later than two (2) Business Days after termination of this Agreement, pay (or cause to be paid to) the Company a fee in the amount of $10,439,000 (the “Parent Termination Fee”).
(ii) For the avoidance of doubt, the Parent Termination Fee shall be payable only once with respect to this Section 9.4(c) and not in duplication even though such payment may be payable under one or more provisions hereof.
(iii) If Parent fails to pay the Parent Termination Fee or any portion thereof and the Company commences a Proceeding which results in an Order against Parent for the Parent Termination Fee or any portion thereof, Parent shall pay the Company its fees, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees and disbursements) in connection with such Proceeding, together with interest on the Parent Termination Fee (or any portion thereof that has not been paid timely in accordance with this Agreement) from and including the date payment of such amount was due through the date of actual payment at the prime rate set forth in The Wall Street Journal in effect on the date such payment was required to be made.
(iv) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, but subject to Section 9.9, the Company’s right to terminate this Agreement and receive payment of the Parent Termination Fee pursuant to Section 9.4(c)(i), together with all amounts payable pursuant to Section 9.4(c)(iii) and all amounts owed pursuant to Section 6.15(d), shall constitute the sole and exclusive remedy (whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise) of the Company and the Company Related Parties against Parent, Merger Sub, the Equity Investor and their respective Affiliates, the Financing Sources and any other Parent Related Parties for all losses and damages in respect of this Agreement (or the termination thereof) or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (or the failure of such transactions to occur for any reason or for no reason) or any breach (whether willful (including a Willful Breach), intentional, unilateral or otherwise) of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement or otherwise in respect of this Agreement or any oral representation made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, and upon payment of the Parent Termination Fee to the Company pursuant to Section 9.4(c)(i), together with all amounts payable pursuant to Section 9.4(c)(iii) and all amounts owed pursuant to Section 6.15(d), (A) none of the Parent Related Parties shall have any further liability or obligation to any of the Company Related Parties relating to or arising out of this Agreement, the Limited Guaranty, the Equity Commitment Letter or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (B) none of the Company Related Parties shall seek to recover any other damages or seek any other remedy (whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise) with respect to any losses or damages suffered in connection with this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and (C) in no event shall Parent or Merger Sub be subject to (nor shall any Company Related Party seek to recover) monetary damages in excess of an amount equal to an aggregate amount equal to the sum of (I) the Parent Termination Fee, (II) the amount payable under Section 9.4(c)(iii) and (III) the amount payable under Section 6.15(d) (the “Parent Liability Cap”), for any losses or other liabilities arising out of or in connection with breaches (whether willful (including any Willful Breach), intentional, unilateral or otherwise) by Parent or Merger Sub of its representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement or arising from any claim or cause of action that any Company Related Party may have with respect thereto, including in respect of any oral representation made or alleged to be made in connection herewith or therewith. While the Company may pursue both a grant of specific performance of the type contemplated by Section 9.9 and the Equity Commitment Letter and the payment of the Parent Termination Fee pursuant this Section 9.4(c), as the case may be, under no circumstances shall the Company be permitted or entitled to receive both a grant of specific performance that results in the consummation of the Offer and payment of the Parent Termination Fee.
(v) Any amounts payable pursuant to this Section 9.4(c) shall be paid to the Company by wire transfer of immediately available funds. The Company shall promptly provide Parent upon request therefor the wire transfer information required to make any payments pursuant to this Section 9.4(c).