The Closings The Closings shall take place as follows:
(a) The initial closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Initial Closing”) shall take place at the offices of the Deposit Escrow Agent, commencing at 10:00 a.m. local time on September 23, 2013, or such other date or location as Buyer and Seller may mutually determine (the “Initial Closing Date”), in each case, so long as all of the conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate the Initial Closing as set forth in Article VII have been satisfied or waived as of such date (other than conditions with respect to actions the Parties shall take at the Initial Closing itself or which, by their nature, cannot be satisfied until the Initial Closing, but subject to the satisfaction of such conditions at the Initial Closing). At the Initial Closing, Seller shall sell, assign, transfer and convey to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase and acquire from Seller, the Equity Interests of those Companies that own or have the right to use (or that own Purchased Subsidiaries which own or have the right to use) (i) any Unencumbered Property or (ii) any Encumbered Property in respect of which, in the case of this clause (ii), all Required Lender Consents and Required Tenant Waivers have been obtained, and all JV Redemptions have been effected, as of the Initial Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, in the event that any Company or any Purchased Subsidiary to be transferred to Buyer at the Initial Closing owns or has the right to use (or owns one or more Purchased Subsidiaries that collectively own or have the right to use) both (A) Unencumbered Property and (B) any Encumbered Property that will not be transferred to Buyer at the Initial Closing pursuant to the foregoing clause (ii), the Parties shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary prior to the Initial Closing to (1) cause such Company or Purchased Subsidiary to transfer the applicable Encumbered Property to another Company or Purchased Subsidiary, which other Company or Purchased Subsidiary will be transferred to Buyer at the Second Closing or the Third Closing or (2) amend this Agreement to provide for additional sellers hereto, such that any such Company or Purchased Subsidiary may transfer applicable Subsidiary Equity Interests to Buyer directly. The Initial Closing shall be deemed to have been consummated at 12:01 a.m. on the Initial Closing Date. Neither Party will need to be present at the Initial Closing, it being anticipated that the Parties will deliver the Initial Closing documents and deliverables in escrow to the Deposit Escrow Agent prior to the Initial Closing Date.
(b) The second closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Second Closing”) shall take place at the offices of the Deposit Escrow Agent, commencing at 10:00 a.m. local time on December 6, 2013, which date may be extended for up to 45 days by Seller in its sole discretion, by providing written notice to Buyer of such extension at least five (5) Business Days prior thereto, or otherwise such other date or location as Buyer and Seller may mutually determine (the “Second Closing Date”), in each case, so long as all of the conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate the Second Closing as set forth in Article VII have been satisfied or waived as of such date (other than conditions with respect to actions the Parties shall take at the Second Closing itself or which, by their nature, cannot be satisfied until the Second Closing, but subject to the satisfaction of such conditions at the Second Closing). At the Second Closing, Seller shall sell, assign, transfer and convey to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase and acquire from Seller, the Equity Interests of those Companies that own or have the right to use (or that own Purchased Subsidiaries which own or have the right to use) any Encumbered Property which was not transferred to Buyer in connection with the Initial Closing and in respect of which, all Required Lender Consents and Required Tenant Waivers have been obtained, and all JV Redemptions have been effected, as of the Second Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, in the event that any Company or any Purchased Subsidiary to be transferred to Buyer at the Second Closing owns or has the right to use (or owns one or more Purchased Subsidiaries that collectively own or have the right to use) any Encumbered Property that will not be transferred to Buyer at the Second Closing pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Parties shall take such actions as are reasonably necessary prior to the Second Closing to (i) cause such Company or Purchased Subsidiary to transfer the applicable Encumbered Property to another Company or Purchased Subsidiary, which other Company or Purchased Subsidiary will be transferred to Buyer at the Third Closing or (ii) amend this Agreement to provide for additional sellers hereto, such that any such Company or Purchased Subsidiary may transfer applicable Subsidiary Equity Interests to Buyer directly. The Second Closing shall be deemed to have been consummated at 12:01 a.m. on the Second Closing Date. Neither Party will need to be present at the Second Closing, it being anticipated that the Parties will deliver the Second Closing documents and deliverables in escrow to the Deposit Escrow Agent prior to the Second Closing Date.
(c) Subject to Section 2.5(d), the third closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Third Closing”) shall take place at the offices of the Deposit Escrow Agent, commencing at 10:00 a.m. local time on the third Business Day following the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions to the obligations of the Parties to consummate the Third Closing as set forth in Article VII (other than conditions with respect to actions the Parties shall take at the Third Closing itself or which, by their nature, cannot be satisfied until the Third Closing, but subject to the satisfaction of such conditions at the Third Closing) or such other date or location as Buyer and Seller may mutually determine (the “Third Closing Date”). At the Third Closing, Seller shall, subject to Section 2.5(d), sell, assign, transfer and convey to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase and acquire from Seller, the Equity Interests that were not sold, assigned transferred and conveyed to Buyer at the Initial Closing or the Second Closing. The Third Closing shall be deemed to have been consummated at 12:01 a.m. on the Third Closing Date. Neither Party will need to be present at the Third Closing, it being anticipated that the Parties will deliver the Third Closing documents and deliverables in escrow to the Deposit Escrow Agent prior to the Third Closing Date.
(d) In the event that all of the conditions to the Third Closing set forth in Article VII have been satisfied or waived as of the Outside Date, other than any of the Lender Condition, the Tenant Condition and/or the JV Condition as a result of the failure to obtain any Required Lender Consent or Required Tenant Waiver or the failure to effect any JV Redemption, respectively, then the Parties shall cause the Third Closing to occur on the Outside Date but shall exclude from such Third Closing (i) any Lender Encumbered Property (or the Company or Purchased Subsidiary that owns or has the right to use such Lender Encumbered Property, so long as such Company or Purchased Subsidiary does not own or have the right to use any other Real Property) which is subject to any unobtained Required Lender Consent. (ii) any Tenant Encumbered Property (or the Company or Purchased Subsidiary that owns or has the right to use such Tenant Encumbered Property, so long as such Company or Purchased Subsidiary does not own or have the right to use any other Real Property) which is subject to any unobtained Required Tenant Waiver and (iii) any JV Encumbered Property (or the Company or Purchased Subsidiary that owns or has the right to use such JV Encumbered Property, so long as such Company or Purchased Subsidiary does not own or have the right to use any other Real Property) with respect to which a JV Redemption has not been effected (any of the Lender Encumbered Properties, Tenant Encumbered Properties or JV Encumbered Properties (or any of the Companies or Purchased Subsidiaries that owns or has the right to use any of the foregoing) which is excluded from the Third Closing pursuant to the foregoing clauses, (i), (ii) or (iii), together with any Real Property excluded from any Closing pursuant to Sections 2.9(c) or 2.11, a “Withheld Property”), in which event, (A) any such Withheld Property shall not be transferred to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement, (B) Buyer and Seller shall have no further rights or obligations under this Agreement relating to any such Withheld Property and (C) any such Withheld Property shall cease to be considered “Real Property”, a “Company” or a “Purchased Subsidiary” hereunder, as applicable.
(e) The Parties hereby acknowledge that each Lender that provides a Lender Consent may do so upon such terms and conditions (including with respect to timing and schedule), as are agreed upon between the Parties and such Lender. Notwithstanding any difference between the provisions of this Agreement and the timing and scheduling terms and conditions of any Lender Consent, the Parties agree to cooperate with each other and to use Reasonable Efforts to cause the Closings to occur on the Closing Dates provided for in this Section 2.5 and otherwise as expeditiously as practicable. In the event that any Lender requires that a Closing with respect to the applicable Lender Encumbered Property take place on a date other than the Closing Dates provided for in this Section 2.5, the Parties will agree to hold a Closing on such date and all applicable provisions of this Agreement shall apply to such Closing mutatis mutandis.
(f) The Parties hereby agree and acknowledge that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are for the purchase and sale of the Companies and the Purchased Subsidiaries and that it is intended that such entities do not own or lease (directly or indirectly) any real property other than the Real Property and certain assets related thereto. If the Parties determine at any time prior to the applicable Closing that any Company or Purchased Subsidiary owns or has the right to use any asset or property (including any real property) other than the Real Property and assets related specifically to same (including any Defected Property that is intended to be excluded from this Agreement), the Parties shall take such actions as are necessary (including by amending, modifying or supplementing this Agreement, the annexes or exhibits hereto or the Disclosure Schedule, whether to provide for additional Sellers, Companies or Purchased Subsidiaries hereto, or otherwise) in order to provide that the Companies and Purchased Subsidiaries conveyed to Buyer at the Closings only own or have the right to use the Real Property that are to be transferred pursuant to this Agreement and are required to meet the obligations of such Company or Purchased Subsidiary as landlord under the applicable Property Lease and no other asset or property (including any real property). In addition, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary (including anything in Section 6.1), but subject to the prior written approval of Buyer (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), prior to the applicable Closing (it being agreed and understood that Buyer hereby consents to Seller taking the actions set forth in Section 2.5(f) of the Disclosure Schedule), Seller, the Companies and the Purchased Subsidiaries shall be expressly permitted to take such actions as are necessary and effect such internal restructurings as are necessary (including by distributing, dividending, assigning or otherwise transferring any assets, property (including real property), Persons or equity interests) in order to ensure that the only assets owned by the Companies and the Purchased Subsidiaries are the Real Property that are to be transferred pursuant to this Agreement and the Persons (or the equity interests in such Persons) that own or have the right to use such Real Property.
(g) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, (i) the term “Closing”, as it is used in this Agreement, shall refer to any of the Initial Closing, the Second Closing or the Third Closing, as applicable, and (ii) the term “Closing Date” shall refer to any of the Initial Closing Date, the Second Closing Date or the Third Closing Date, as applicable.