●
Earnings Feed
Filings
Companies
Insiders
Pricing
Blog
⌘
K
Login
Start Free
$TIPT
|
8-K
Sep 26, 6:04 AM ET
TIPTREE INC. 8-K
Loading document...
Contents
143
Article IDEFINITIONS, TERMS AND INTERPRETIVE MATTERS
Section 1.01 Certain Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth or as referenced below:
Section 1.02 Other Terms. Other terms may be defined elsewhere in the text of this Agreement and, unless otherwise indicated, shall have such meaning throughout this Agreement.
Section 1.03 Other Definitional Provisions.
Section 1.04 Interpretive Matters.
Article IITHE MERGER
Section 2.01 Merger. At the Effective Time, in accordance with this Agreement and the DGCL, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company (the “Merger”), the separate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the surviving corporation (the “Surviving Corporation”). The Merger shall have the effects set forth in Section 259 of the DGCL and, without limiting the foregoing, from and after the Effective Time, the Surviving Corporation
shall possess all the rights, privileges, immunities and franchises, of a public as well as a private nature, and shall be subject to all liabilities, obligations and penalties of the Company and Merger Sub, all with the effect set forth in the DGCL. The certificate of incorporation and the by‑laws of the Company, as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall, at the Effective Time, be amended and restated in their entirety in the form of the certificate of incorporation and the by‑laws attached hereto as Exhibit C and Exhibit D, respectively, and as so amended shall be the certificate of incorporation and the by‑laws of the Surviving Corporation, until amended in accordance with applicable Law. Each of the directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be a director of the Surviving Corporation, in each case until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal in accordance with the Surviving Corporation’s certificate of incorporation and by‑laws.
Section 2.02 Conversion of Shares.
Section 2.03 Paying Agent; Treatment of Company Shares; Closing Payments; Treatment of Warrants.
Section 2.04 Treatment of Company Equity Awards.
Section 2.05 Certain Actions in Connection with the Merger.
Article IIICLOSING
Section 3.01 Closing. The closing of the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Closing”) shall take place electronically through the execution and exchange, via pdf copies of electronically or originally signed documents, on (a) the last Business Day of the month in which all of the conditions precedent set forth in Article VIII (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of those conditions at the Closing) (the “Condition Satisfaction”) have been satisfied or waived; provided, that if the
Condition Satisfaction occurs less than five (5) Business Days prior to the last Business Day of such month, the Closing shall occur on the last Business Day of the month immediately following the month in which the Condition Satisfaction occurs, or (b) such other date or at such other time or place as the parties hereto may mutually agree. The date on which the Closing occurs is called the “Closing Date.”
Section 3.02 Effective Time. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the parties hereto shall deliver at Closing to the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware a certificate of merger that effectuates the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Certificate of Merger”) and shall make all other filings or recordings as may be required under the DGCL and any other applicable Law in order to effect the Merger. The Merger shall become effective at the time of filing the Certificate of Merger with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the DGCL. The date and time at which the Merger shall so become effective is herein referred to as the “Effective Time.”
Section 3.03 Closing Deliverables.
Section 3.04 Merger Consideration.
Section 3.05 Leakage.
Article IVREPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
Section 4.01 Organization and Qualification.
Section 4.02 Authority/Binding Effect. The Company has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is or shall be as of the Closing a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Group Companies, and no other corporate action on the part of the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries is required to authorize the execution, delivery and performance hereof by the Company, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for (a) obtaining the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Common Stock and Preferred Stock (voting as a single class on an as‑converted basis) (the “Company Stockholder Approval”) and (b) filing the Certificate of Merger pursuant to the DGCL. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming that this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).
Section 4.03 Financial and Accounting Matters.
Section 4.04 Absence of Certain Changes or Events.
Section 4.05 Ownership of Stock/Capitalization.
Section 4.06 Consents and Approvals/No Violation.
Section 4.07 Absence of Litigation. (a) There is no claim, action, arbitration, investigation, audit, complaint, litigation, charge, suit, judicial proceeding, administrative or enforcement or other proceeding (including actions or proceedings seeking injunctive relief), by or before any Governmental Authority or other duly vested tribunal (“Litigation”) (other than individual claims in the ordinary course of business under Insurance Contracts within applicable policy limits) pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any Subsidiary or affecting any of their respective properties or assets or the transactions contemplated hereby which, if adversely resolved (by judgment, settlement or otherwise), would reasonably be expected to have a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole, and
(b) neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is a party to or subject to, or in default under, any judgment, order, injunction, ruling, decision, assessment, award, administrative order, judicial decision or decree entered or issued by, or agreement with, any Governmental Authority or duly vested tribunal to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or to which it is subject (“Orders”) that involves a nonmonetary obligation, or a monetary obligation in excess of five hundred thousand U.S. dollars ($500,000), or that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any current plans to initiate any material Litigation against another person or entity.
Section 4.08 Permits/Compliance with Laws. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole, (a) the Company and each Subsidiary possess all Consents, licenses, qualifications, registrations and permits of Governmental Authorities (each, a “Permit”) that are material to the ownership or operation of the business as it is now being conducted or ownership or use of assets used in the business as it is now being conducted or that are required under applicable Laws to own, lease and operate the properties and assets of the Group Companies and to carry on their business as it is now being conducted (collectively, the “Material Permits”), and (b) no Governmental Authority has notified the Group Companies in writing, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, orally, of any actual or proposed violation, cancellation, limitation, termination, revocation or non‑renewal in respect of any Material Permit or a declaration of any such Material Permit as invalid. The Company and each Subsidiary is, and since the Lookback Date has been, in compliance with such Material Permits and with all Laws and Orders applicable to it or by or to which any of its properties or assets is bound or subject and neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has received any written notice or, to the Company’s Knowledge, oral notice, alleging non‑compliance or regarding any actual or proposed revocation, withdrawal, violation, cancellation, nonrenewal, suspension or termination of, or material modification of any Material Permit, except for any such non-compliance that would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole, there is no proceeding pending or threatened in writing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened orally by any Governmental Authority to limit, cancel, suspend, modify or fail to renew any such Material Permit. The Material Permits are in full force and effect except where such failure to be in full force and effect would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole.
Section 4.09 No Undisclosed Liabilities. Except (a) as set forth in the Company Financial Statements, (b) for Liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business since the Interim Date, (c) for Liabilities under an executory portion of a Contract that have not yet been performed, (d) for Liabilities under this Agreement or otherwise incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, (e) as included in Leakage or (f) as would not reasonably be expected to have a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries has any material Liabilities or obligations of any nature (whether accrued, absolute, contingent or otherwise).
Section 4.10 Employee Benefit Plans.
Section 4.11 Material Contracts. Section 4.11 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth a true, complete and correct list of all of the following Contracts to which the Company or any Subsidiary is a party or is bound or has any Liabilities as of the date of this Agreement except for any Insurance Contract, Reinsurance Contract (other than each Contract as set forth under Section 4.11(s)), Contract with any Producer (other than each Contract as set forth under Section 4.11(n)) and any Plans (the Contracts listed on Section 4.11 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, and the Contracts required to be so listed, the “Material Contracts”):
Section 4.12 Personal Property. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole, the Company and its Subsidiaries each have good and valid title to, or a valid and enforceable right to use, all of the material tangible properties, assets and rights used or held for use in connection with the business of the Company and the Subsidiaries, free and clear of Liens except Permitted Liens (the “Assets”). Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole, the tangible Assets are in good operating condition (except for normal wear and tear).
Section 4.13 Real Property.
Section 4.14 Labor and Employment Matters.
Section 4.15 Insurance. Section 4.15 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a complete and correct list of all material insurance policies maintained as of the date of this Agreement by or on behalf of the Company and each of the Subsidiaries, other than any insurance policies relating to Plans. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole, as of the date of this Agreement, (a) all such policies are in full force and effect, (b) no notice of default, cancellation, non‑renewal or termination, or a material premium increase with respect thereto, has been received in respect thereof and (c) all premiums due thereon have been paid. None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in material default with respect to any provision contained in any insurance policy or has failed to give any material notice or present any material claim under any material insurance policy in due and timely fashion. Since the Lookback Date, none of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) an insurance claim with respect to an amount in excess of five hundred thousand U.S. dollars ($500,000) rejected or payment with respect thereto denied by its insurance provider for such claim or (ii) the policy limit under any insurance policy exhausted or materially reduced.
Section 4.16 Intellectual Property.
Section 4.17 Taxes
Section 4.18 Brokers. No Person is or will become entitled, by reason of any agreement or arrangement entered into or made by or on behalf of a Group Company or its Affiliates, to receive any commission, brokerage, finder’s fee or other similar compensation in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 4.19 Anti‑Corruption and Trade Compliance. Each of the Company and the Subsidiaries and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each of the Company’s and the Subsidiaries’ respective directors, officers, employees, representatives and agents, is, and has been, in compliance with all applicable Anti‑Corruption Laws for the last five (5) years and with all applicable Global Trade Laws since April 24, 2019. To the Knowledge of the Company, there are and have been in the past five (5) years no pending or threatened administrative, civil or criminal investigations into or claims against the Company or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to material violations of any applicable Anti‑Corruption Laws or Global Trade Laws.
Section 4.20 Environmental Matters. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole, the Company and its Subsidiaries operate and, since the Lookback Date, have operated in material compliance with applicable Environmental Laws, which compliance includes the possession, and material compliance with, all material Permits required for their operations pursuant to Environmental Law including to permit the Group Companies to occupy their facilities or properties, except where the failure to be in material compliance with any such Permit would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole. There has not been since the Lookback Date and there is no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened, Environmental Claim against the Company or any Subsidiary. No Group Company (or to the extent giving rise to liability for any Group Company, any other Person) has treated, stored, transported, handled, designed, manufactured, sold, distributed, installed, serviced, disposed of, arranged for the disposal of, released, exposed any Person to or owned or operated any property or facility contaminated by any Hazardous Materials (or any product or item containing Hazardous Materials), in each case as would give rise to material liability of any Group Company under Environmental Laws. The Company has provided to Purchaser all material environmental audits, assessments and reports and other material environmental, health or safety documents relating to the environmental condition of facilities, properties or operations of any Group Company that are in the possession or under the reasonable control of the Group Companies.
Section 4.21 Insurance Business.
Section 4.22 Investment Assets.
Section 4.23 Reinsurance. Section 4.23 of the Company Disclosure Schedule contains a true and complete list of all Material Reinsurance Contracts. With respect to each Material Reinsurance Contract, (a) to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no events or conditions that constitute, or, after notice or lapse of time or both, will constitute, a default on the part of any counterparty under such Material Reinsurance Contract, (b) to the Knowledge of the Company, no such counterparty is insolvent or the subject of a rehabilitation, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership, bankruptcy or similar proceeding, (c) to the Knowledge of the Company, the financial condition of any cedant, reinsurer or retrocessionaire under such Material Reinsurance Contract is not impaired to the extent that a default thereunder is reasonably anticipated, except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material impact on the Insurance Subsidiary party thereto or the Group Companies, taken as a whole, (d) as of the date hereof, no written, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral, notice of intended cancellation, termination rate modification or request to recapture has been received by its Insurance Subsidiary from any such cedant, reinsurer or retrocessionaire and (e) each Insurance Subsidiary is entitled under the applicable Insurance Laws of its domiciliary jurisdiction to take full credit in its Company Statutory Statements for all amounts recoverable by it pursuant to such Material Reinsurance Contract to the extent any such credit is so taken in the Company Statutory Statements (each of the events described in clauses (a)-(e) a “Specified Reinsurance Contract Event”). Since the Lookback Date, there have not been any material and unresolved disputes under any of the Material Reinsurance Contracts.
Section 4.24 Reserves. The Reserves reported in the Company Statutory Statements (a) were, except as otherwise noted in the applicable Company Statutory Statement, determined in all material respects in accordance with generally accepted actuarial standards consistently applied throughout the specified period, and (b) are fairly stated in accordance with Applicable SAP and, in all material respects, in accordance with sound actuarial principles. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other agreement, document, or instrument delivered or to be delivered in connection herewith, each of Purchaser and Merger Sub acknowledges and agrees that the Company and its Subsidiaries make no representation or warranty with respect to, and nothing contained in this Agreement or in any other agreement, document or instrument to be delivered in connection herewith is intended or shall be construed to be a representation or warranty, express or implied, for any purposes of this Agreement or any other agreement, document or instrument to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith, in respect of the adequacy or sufficiency of reserves or the effect of the adequacy or sufficiency of reserves on any line item, asset, liability or equity amount on any financial or other document.
Section 4.25 Affiliate Matters. Except for employment or benefit arrangements (including Plans) with employees in the ordinary course of business on arms’ length terms, no Related Party (a) owns any material asset used in, or necessary to, the business or (b) is a party to any Material Contract with a Group Company and (c) has, directly or indirectly (i) a material interest in (other than ownership of up to two percent (2%) of the outstanding equity of a Person that is publicly traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market so long as such Related Party has no active participation in connection with the business of such Person) any Person that furnished or sold (or furnishes or sells), services or products that the Company furnishes or sells (or proposes to furnish or sell) or uses in the business of the Company as currently conducted, (ii) a material interest in (other than ownership of up to two percent (2%) of the outstanding equity of a Person that is publicly traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market, so long as such Related Party has no active participation in connection with the business of such Person) any Person that purchases from, or sells or furnishes to, the Company any products or services or (iii) a material beneficial interest in any Material Contract (other than due solely to such Person’s status as a holder of Equity Interests of, or as an employee or director of, the Company). Except for employment or benefit arrangements (including Plans) with employees in the ordinary course of business on arms’ length terms and other than Contracts for transactions that are not Affiliate Transactions, no Group Company is party to any Contract with any Related Party. Any of the foregoing arrangements set forth or required to be set forth in Section 4.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedule (excluding arrangements, transactions or Contracts in the ordinary course of business in connection with employment or other service relationships, agreements in connection with any acquisition, disposal or transfer of securities of any Group Company (other than in respect of equity securities that are not Preferred Stock), any shareholder agreements that will terminate at the Closing, and director or officer indemnification or similar arrangements, in each case, that have been made available to Purchaser), an “Affiliate Transaction”. Other than the Affiliate Transactions set forth in Section 4.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, no Person owns assets or employs or engages service providers used by the Group Companies in the conduct of their business.
Section 4.26 Top Distribution Partners and Top Suppliers. Section 4.26 of the Company Disclosure Schedule sets forth, for both the twelve (12) month period ended December 31, 2024, and the period beginning on January 1, 2025 and ending on July 31, 2025, (a) a list of the Company’s top ten (10) Distribution Partners (together with their respective Affiliates on a consolidated basis) (by gross revenues) (collectively, the “Top Distribution Partners”) and (b) a list of the Company’s top ten (10) suppliers (together with their respective Affiliates on a consolidated basis) (by aggregate cost of products and/or services purchased from such suppliers) (collectively, the “Top Suppliers”) for such period. None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any written notice from any such Top Distribution Partners to the effect that, and the Company does not have any Knowledge that, any such Top Distribution Partner will stop selling products of the Group Companies and/or utilizing the services or products of the Group Companies (whether as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise), except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole. None of the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any written notice from any such Top Supplier to the effect that any such Top Supplier will stop supplying materials, products or services to the Group Companies (whether as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or otherwise), except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole.
Section 4.27 TID U.S. Business. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries do not (a) produce, design, test, manufacture, fabricate, or develop “critical technologies” as that term is defined in 31 C.F.R. § 800.215, (b) perform the functions as set forth in column 2 of Appendix A to 31 C.F.R. part 800 with respect to “covered investment critical infrastructure” or (c) maintain or collect, directly or indirectly, “sensitive personal data” as that term is defined in 31 C.F.R. § 800.241; and, therefore, in turn, is not a “TID U.S. business” within the meaning of 31 C.F.R. § 800.248.
Section 4.28 Officers, Managers and Directors. Section 4.28 of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists all officers, managers and directors (or equivalent) of each Group Company.
Section 4.29 Books and Records. Each Group Company maintains, in all material respects, books of account, minute books, stock record books and other records in accordance with sound and prudent business and accounting practices and applicable Laws. Except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole, no Group Company has engaged in any monetary transaction, maintained any bank account or used any corporate funds except for monetary transactions, bank accounts or funds, which have been and are reflected in the Books and Records of such Group Company.
Section 4.30 No Commingling of Funds. Monies or accounts of the Group Companies have not at any time been commingled with or credited or transferred to monies or accounts of any Related Party.
Section 4.31 EXCLUSIVITY OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO PURCHASER, MERGER SUB, ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR ANY REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING OF ANY OTHER DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION (INCLUDING ANY FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS OR OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL DATA), (I) THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS Article IV, THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY PARENT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN Article V AND THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES IN THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS ARE AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES TO PURCHASER AND MERGER SUB IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND (II) EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (I) ABOVE (WHICH ARE BEING MADE ONLY BY THE COMPANY AND THE COMPANY PARENT), NEITHER THE COMPANY, THE COMPANY PARENT, THE SUBSIDIARIES NOR ANY NON‑RECOURSE PARTY NOR ANY OTHER PERSON HAS MADE OR IS MAKING ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO THE MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, QUANTITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE BUSINESS OR THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY AND THE SUBSIDIARIES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS Article IV, Article V AND IN THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE CERTIFICATE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8.02(d), ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO THE MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, QUANTITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE BUSINESS OR THE ASSETS OF THE COMPANY AND THE SUBSIDIARIES, ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. PURCHASER AND MERGER SUB REPRESENT, WARRANT, COVENANT AND AGREE, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, THAT, IN DETERMINING TO ENTER INTO AND CONSUMMATE THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY, THEY ARE NOT RELYING UPON ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY MADE OR PURPORTEDLY MADE BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY PERSON, OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY MADE BY THE COMPANY AS SET FORTH IN THIS Article IV, THE COMPANY PARENT SET FORTH IN Article V AND THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES MADE BY COMPANY PARENT OR THE COMPANY IN ANOTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT INCLUDING THE CERTIFICATE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8.02(d), AND THAT PURCHASER AND MERGER SUB SHALL ACQUIRE THE COMPANY AND THE SUBSIDIARIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSETS WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, NOTHING IN THIS Section 4.31 SHALL LIMIT ANY CLAIMS FOR FRAUD.
Article VREPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OFCOMPANY PARENT
Section 5.01 Organization. Company Parent is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Maryland and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate all of its properties and assets and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. Company Parent duly qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business, or the ownership, leasing or operation of its properties or assets, makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Tiptree Holdings LLC operates as a holding company with no independent business operations.
Section 5.02 Authority/Binding Effect. Company Parent has all requisite corporate power and corporate authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is or shall be as of the Closing a party, to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery
and performance of this Agreement by Company Parent and each other Transaction Document to which it is or shall be as of the Closing a party, and the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Company Parent, and no other corporate or other action on the part of Company Parent is required to authorize the execution, delivery and performance hereof and thereof by Company Parent, and the consummation of the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, except for obtaining the affirmative vote of the holders of Company Parent Shares representing a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast to approve the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (the “Company Parent Stockholder Approval”). This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Company Parent and, assuming this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of Company Parent, enforceable against Company Parent in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).
Section 5.03 Consents and Approvals; No Violation. Assuming the truth and accuracy of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.03(a), the execution and delivery of this Agreement by Company Parent and each other Transaction Document to which it is or shall be as of the Closing a party do not, and the performance by Company Parent of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is or shall be as of the Closing a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not, except with respect to the Credit Agreements, (a) require any Consent of any Governmental Authority, except for the Required Governmental Consents, or (b) subject to obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, the Company Parent Stockholder Approval, and the Required Governmental Consents, conflict with or violate, constitute a default under, accelerate a material right of a counterparty or a loss of a material right of a Group Company, require a notice, or approval, or otherwise give a right to terminate, cancel or trigger a payment, or result in the creation or imposition of any material Lien upon any of the assets of any Group Company (including their outstanding Equity Interests), in each case under (i) the Organizational Documents, in each case as currently in effect, of Company Parent, (ii) any Law or Orders applicable to Company Parent or by or to which any of Company Parent’s properties or assets is bound or subject, or (iii) any Material Contract to which Company Parent is a party or by or to which Company Parent or any of Company Parent’s properties or assets is bound or subject, except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, for such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults or rights that would not have a material impact on the Group Companies, taken as a whole, or the Company Parent’s ability to perform its obligations pursuant to and under this Agreement.
Section 5.04 SEC Filings. Company Parent has filed or furnished, as applicable, all material reports, schedules, forms, certifications, registration statements, prospectuses, proxy statements, amendments and other documents required to be filed by it with, or furnished by it to, the SEC since December 31, 2023 (the “Company Reports”). As of its respective date, or if amended, as of the date of the last such amendment filed prior to the date hereof, each Company Report (a) complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, as the case may be, applicable to such Company Report and (b) did not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that no representation is made as to the accuracy of any financial projections or forward‑looking statements.
Section 5.05 Disclosure Documents. On the date the definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) is first mailed to Company Parent’s stockholders in connection with the Company Parent Stockholder Meeting and at the time of the Company Parent Stockholder Approval, the Proxy Statement will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. The representations and warranties contained in this Section 5.05 will not apply to statements or omissions included or incorporated by reference in the Proxy Statement based upon information supplied by Purchaser and Merger Sub or any of their representatives or advisors for use or incorporation by reference therein.
Section 5.06 Litigation. There is no Litigation pending or, to the knowledge of Company Parent, threatened, against Company Parent or any of its Subsidiaries before or by any Governmental Authority, which would, if successful, reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay Company Parent’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
Section 5.07 Title. Company Parent owns of record the Company Shares indicated as owned by it in Section 4.05(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, free and clear of all Liens (other than restrictions on transfer pursuant to applicable securities Laws (excluding failure to comply with such Laws) or Liens under the Credit Agreements or Fortress Credit Documents).
Section 5.08 Brokers. No Person is or will become entitled, by reason of any agreement or arrangement entered into or made by or on behalf of Company Parent, to receive any commission, brokerage, finder’s fee or other similar compensation in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 5.09 EXCLUSIVITY OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. NOTWITHSTANDING THE DELIVERY OR DISCLOSURE TO PURCHASER, MERGER SUB, ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR ANY REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING OF ANY OTHER DOCUMENTATION OR OTHER INFORMATION (INCLUDING ANY FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS OR OTHER SUPPLEMENTAL DATA), (I) (a) THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY PARENT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS Article V AND (B) THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY PARENT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT ARE AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES MADE BY COMPANY PARENT TO PURCHASER AND MERGER SUB IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND (II) EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (I) ABOVE, NEITHER THE COMPANY, COMPANY PARENT, THE SUBSIDIARIES NOR ANY NON-RECOURSE PARTY HAS MADE OR IS MAKING ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR
WARRANTY AS TO THE MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, QUANTITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE BUSINESS OR THE ASSETS OF COMPANY PARENT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN Article IV, IN THIS Article V AND THOSE IN THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE CERTIFICATE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 8.02(d), ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO THE MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, QUANTITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE BUSINESS OR THE ASSETS OF COMPANY PARENT, ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. PURCHASER AND MERGER SUB REPRESENT, WARRANT, COVENANT AND AGREE, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, IN DETERMINING TO ENTER INTO AND CONSUMMATE THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY, THEY ARE NOT RELYING UPON ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY MADE OR PURPORTEDLY MADE BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY PERSON, OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY MADE BY COMPANY PARENT AS SET FORTH IN THIS Article V, THOSE MADE BY THE COMPANY IN Article IV AND THOSE IN THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS AND THAT PURCHASER AND MERGER SUB SHALL ACQUIRE THE COMPANY AND THE SUBSIDIARIES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE ASSETS WITHOUT ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, NOTHING IN THIS Section 5.09 SHALL LIMIT ANY CLAIMS FOR FRAUD.
Article VIREPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OFPURCHASER AND MERGER SUB
Section 6.01 Organization. Each of Purchaser and Merger Sub (once duly incorporated) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its state of organization and has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate all of its properties and assets and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. Each of Purchaser and Merger Sub (once duly incorporated) is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business, or the ownership, leasing or operation of its properties or assets, makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or in good standing would not reasonably be expected to (a) have a material adverse effect on the ability of Purchaser or Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or (b) cause a material delay in the ability of Purchaser or Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby (each of clauses (a) and (b), a “Purchaser Material Adverse Effect”).
Section 6.02 Authority/Binding Effect. Each of Purchaser and Merger Sub has all requisite company power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by each of Purchaser and Merger Sub, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, have been duly authorized by all necessary company action on the part of Purchaser or Merger Sub, as the case may be, and no other corporate or organizational action on the part of Purchaser or Merger Sub or their respective equityholders is required to authorize the execution, delivery and performance hereof by Purchaser or Merger Sub, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for filing the Certificate of Merger pursuant to the DGCL. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of Purchaser and Merger Sub and, assuming this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of each of Purchaser and Merger Sub, enforceable against each of Purchaser and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights or by principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding at law or in equity).
Section 6.03 Consents and Approvals/No Violation.
Section 6.04 Absence of Litigation. There is no Litigation pending or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, threatened against Purchaser or Merger Sub or affecting any of their respective properties or assets that, if adversely resolved (by judgment, settlement or otherwise), would reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect, and neither Purchaser nor Merger Sub is a party to, subject to, or in default under, any Order that would have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.05 Immediately Available Funds. Purchaser will have at the Closing cash on hand or available sources of capital necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and, to Purchaser’s Knowledge, there is no circumstance or condition that would reasonably be expected to substantially impact such capability to have such cash or available sources of capital. It is acknowledged and agreed by Purchaser that the obligations of Purchaser and Merger Sub under this Agreement are not subject to any conditions regarding Purchaser’s, Merger Sub’s, their respective Affiliates’ or any other Persons’ ability to obtain any financing for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 6.06 Operations of Merger Sub. Merger Sub has not (a) engaged in any business activities or conducted any operations other than in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or (b) incurred any liabilities other than in connection with its formation and the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 6.07 Solvency. Assuming the accuracy, in all material respects, of the representations and warranties of the Company and Company Parent made in this Agreement the compliance, in all material respects, with the obligations of the Company pursuant to this Agreement, the payment of the Aggregate Closing Purchase Price and the payment of all related fees and expenses and any repayment or refinancing of debt contemplated in this Agreement in full, including all fees and expenses related thereto, and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, regardless of whether the COC Amendments are in place, the Surviving Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, will be Solvent immediately following the Closing. No transfer of property is being made and no obligation is being incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement with the intent to hinder, delay or defraud either present or future creditors of the Company or the Subsidiaries. For purposes of this Agreement, “Solvent”, when used with respect to the Surviving Corporation and each of the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, means that, as of any date of determination, (i) the Present Fair Salable Value of the assets of the Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, will, as of such date, exceed their liabilities, contingent or otherwise, as of such date, (ii) the Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, will not have, as of such date, an unreasonably small amount of capital for the business in which they are engaged as of the Closing Date and (iii) the Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, will be able to pay their debts as they become absolute and matured. The term “Solvency” shall have a correlative meaning. “Present Fair Salable Value” means the present fair value of the aggregate assets of the Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, goodwill, based on the hypothetical sale of the Group Companies as an entirety with reasonable promptness in an arm’s length transaction under then‑present conditions for the sale of comparable business enterprises.
Section 6.08 Acquisition of Interests for Investment. Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its participation in the transactions contemplated hereby. Purchaser confirms that the Company has made available to Purchaser and Purchaser’s Representatives the opportunity to ask questions of the officers and management employees of the Company and the Subsidiaries as well as access to documents, information and records of the Company and the Subsidiaries, and Purchaser confirms that it has made an independent investigation, analysis and evaluation of the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective properties, assets, businesses, financial conditions, documents, information and records. Purchaser is acquiring the stock of the Surviving Corporation for investment and not with a view toward or for sale or in connection with any distribution thereof, or with any present intention of distributing or selling common stock of the Surviving Corporation, in each case in contravention of applicable Law. Purchaser understands and agrees that the Surviving Corporation Common Shares may not be sold, transferred, offered for sale, pledged, hypothecated or otherwise disposed of without registration under the Securities Act, except pursuant to an exemption from such registration available under the Securities Act, and without compliance with state, local and foreign securities Laws, in each case, to the extent applicable.
Section 6.09 Brokers. No Person is or will become entitled, by reason of any agreement or arrangement entered into or made by or on behalf of Purchaser or Merger Sub, to receive any commission, brokerage, finder’s fee or other similar compensation from the Company or any of its Affiliates in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
Section 6.10 Disclosure Documents. The information supplied by Purchaser or Merger Sub for inclusion in the Proxy Statement, on the date the Proxy Statement is first mailed to the stockholders of Company Parent or at the time of the Company Parent Stockholder Approval, will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.
Section 6.11 No Governmental Investigation. No investigation or review by any Governmental Authority solely with respect to Purchaser or its business is pending or, to the Knowledge of Purchaser, threatened in writing, other than review of the transactions contemplated hereby by the Financial Services Commission of South Korea, that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Purchaser Material Adverse Effect.
Section 6.12 EXCLUSIVITY OF REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. (I) THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF purchaser and merger sub EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN This Article VI AND IN ANY other TRANSACTION DOCUMENT ARE AND SHALL CONSTITUTE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES MADE BY purchaser or merger sub TO any group company, Company Parent or any OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR ANY REPRESENTATIVES OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, AND (II) EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (I) ABOVE (WHICH ARE BEING MADE ONLY BY PURCHASER AND MERGER SUB), PURCHASER AND MERGER SUB HAVE NOT MADE
AND ARE NOT MAKING ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO THE MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, QUANTITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE OF THE BUSINESS OR THE ASSETS OF purchaser or merger sub or their affiliates. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY CONTAINED HEREIN OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS Article VI and in the other transaction documents, ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, STATUTORY OR OTHERWISE, OF ANY NATURE, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO THE MERCHANTABILITY, QUALITY, QUANTITY, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE MADE BY purchaser or merger sub regarding purchase or their affiliates and their ASSETS, ARE HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMED. company and Company Parent REPRESENT, WARRANT, COVENANT AND AGREE, ON BEHALF OF THEMSELVES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, IN DETERMINING TO ENTER INTO AND CONSUMMATE THIS AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS contemplated hereby AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY, they ARE NOT RELYING UPON ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY MADE OR PURPORTEDLY MADE BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY PERSON, OTHER THAN THOSE EXPRESSLY MADE BY purchaser and merger sub AS SET FORTH IN THIS Article VI AND THOSE IN THE OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENTS INCLUDING THE CERTIFICATE DELIVERED PURSUANT TO Section 8.03(d). NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY, NOTHING IN THIS Section 6.12 SHALL LIMIT ANY CLAIMS FOR FRAUD.
Article VIICOVENANTS
Section 7.01 Conduct of Business. Except as otherwise set forth in Section 7.01 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, as required by Law, as expressly permitted or required by this Agreement (and not prohibited by the specific provisions of this Section 7.01) or with the prior written consent of Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned and shall be deemed to have been provided if not affirmatively withheld or granted within fifteen (15) Business Days of the Company’s request therefor, during the period from the date of this Agreement to the earlier of the Closing Date and the date on which this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article X, the Company shall, and shall cause each Subsidiary, to conduct its business in the ordinary course of business in all material respects and in compliance with applicable Law and use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve intact its business organizations and its current significant business relationships and goodwill with customers, referral sources, vendors, suppliers, service providers and other business partners and to retain the services of its present executive officers. Notwithstanding and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from and after the date of this Agreement through the earlier of the Closing Date and the date on which this Agreement is terminated in accordance with Article X, except (w) as otherwise set forth in Schedule 7.01, (x) as required by applicable Law (including
Tax Laws), (y) any Permitted Leakage or (z) with the prior written consent of Purchaser, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned and shall be deemed to have been provided if not affirmatively withheld or granted within fifteen (15) Business Days of the Company’s request therefor, the Company shall not, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries not to:
Section 7.02 Reasonable Best Efforts; Cooperation.
Section 7.03 Consents.
Section 7.04 Antitrust Notifications and Other Regulatory Approvals; Purchaser Covenants.
Section 7.05 Access to Information.
Section 7.06 Public Statements. Except for any press release issued collectively by Purchaser and Company Parent on the date of this Agreement, subject to Section 7.10, and except if related to an Adverse Recommendation Change or after an Adverse Recommendation Change has occurred or as required by applicable Law or the rules and regulations of any stock exchange upon which the securities of Purchaser, Company Parent, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates are traded, no press release or other public announcement, statement or comment in response to any inquiry relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be issued, made or permitted to be issued or made by any party to this Agreement or any of its Affiliates or Representatives without the prior written consent of Purchaser, on the one hand, or Company Parent, on the other hand; provided, however, that consent shall not be required for any (a) press release or other public announcement, statement or comment the substance of which is consistent in all material respects with the substance of any previous press release or other public announcement, statement or comment made in accordance with this Section 7.06, (b) disclosure by an Eligible Holder or its Affiliates that is not an individual in the ordinary course to its
respective prospective and current limited partners (or their equivalent) or advisors, under binding obligations of confidentiality, general information regarding the subject matter of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including, in respect of any of the Company’s or its Equityholders’ Affiliates, the performance of such Affiliate’s investment in the Company on a confidential basis, (c) disclosure as required by Law or rules and regulations applicable to the Company, Company Parent or their respective Affiliates of any national securities exchange or any Governmental Authority and (d) customary tombstone advertisements by Purchaser or its Affiliates that do not include price or other transaction terms.
Section 7.07 Indemnification of Directors and Officers.
Section 7.08 Employee Benefits.
Section 7.09 Company Parent Stockholder Meeting.
Section 7.10 Acquisition Proposals.
Section 7.11 Proxy Statement.
Section 7.12 Merger Sub.
Section 7.13 Transaction Litigation. In the event that any Litigation related to this Agreement, the Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated hereby is brought against Company Parent, the Company, any member of the Company Parent Board (in such member’s capacity as such), any member of the Company Board (in such member’s capacity as such) or any officer of the Company or Company Parent (in such officer’s capacity as such) prior to the Closing (the “Transaction Litigation”), until the Closing Company Parent shall as promptly as reasonably practicable (and in any event within two (2) Business Days of becoming aware) notify Purchaser of any such Transaction Litigation and shall keep Purchaser reasonably informed with respect to the status thereof, including by promptly (and in any event within two (2) Business Days of receipt of the same) providing Purchaser with copies of all proceedings and material correspondence relating to such proceeding; provided, that Company Parent shall control the defense and settlement of any Transaction Litigation; provided, however, that Company Parent shall, until the Closing, allow for advanced review and comment on all material filings or responses to be made by Company Parent in connection with any Transaction Litigation to the extent practicable, and Company Parent shall in good faith take such comments into account.
Section 7.14 Notice of Certain Matters. Subject to applicable Laws, from the date of this Agreement until the Closing Date or, if earlier, the date that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 10.01, the Company shall provide to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall provide to the Company, as applicable, (a) written notice, as soon as reasonably practicable, of the occurrence of a Specified Reinsurance Contract Event, together, with a reasonably detailed summary of the facts underlying or relating to such event to the extent then within the Knowledge of the Company and any material correspondence or notices received from the relevant counterparty to the relevant Reinsurance Contracts, and (b) subject to applicable Laws, prompt notice of (i) any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the Consent of any Person is or may be required in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and (ii) the occurrence (or non‑occurrence) of any event, condition, fact or circumstance that would be reasonably likely to prevent or materially delay the satisfaction of any of the conditions set forth in Article VIII; provided, that the delivery of any notice pursuant to this Section 7.14 shall not limit or otherwise affect the remedies available hereunder to any party receiving such notice and the failure to give such notice shall not separately constitute a failure of any condition in Article VIII or a basis to terminate this Agreement unless the underlying fact, event or circumstance would independently result in such failure or provide such basis. Purchaser’s receipt of information pursuant to this Section 7.14 will not operate as a waiver or otherwise affect any representation, warranty or agreement given or made by Company Parent or any Group Company in this Agreement and will not be deemed to amend or supplement the Company Disclosure Schedule.
Section 7.15 Certain Arrangements.
Section 7.16 Confidentiality. Following the Closing, Company Parent hereby agrees that it will not, will cause its controlled Affiliates and employees not to, and will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that its non-controlled Affiliates and agents that have received Confidential Information will not, directly or indirectly, communicate, divulge, disseminate or use, for any purpose whatsoever, any Confidential Information, except (a) with the prior written consent of Purchaser, (b) as required by any Law or any investigation or audit of a Governmental Authority, (c) in connection with the enforcement of or any dispute arising under this Agreement, (d) to its financial planners, accountants, attorneys or other advisors or employees or representatives that need to know such information in connection with its obligations hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and, in each case, are informed of the confidential nature of the Confidential Information provided to them and are bound by an obligation of confidentiality to Company Parent or (e) as set forth in Section 7.06. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person who is an employee, officer or director of a Group Company, Purchaser or any of Purchaser’s Affiliates will be restricted from using Confidential Information in furtherance and in the ordinary course of such Person’s duties in any such capacity.
Section 7.17 Debt Facilities.
Section 7.18 Investment Advisory Agreements. Any investment advisory agreements to which any Group Company is subject, including the Investment Advisory Agreements, shall be amended prior to Closing such that, effective as of the Closing, such agreements can be terminated at any time with sixty (60) days’ prior written notice without penalty or other adverse consequences to the Group Companies by any Group Company party thereto or subject thereto.
Section 7.19 Interim Information Updates. The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the Chief Executive Officer of the Group Companies to consult with Purchaser or its Representatives on a monthly basis and to use reasonable best efforts to cause the Group Companies to provide the same monthly management operating reports provided to Company Parent, WP Investor and their Affiliates during the period from the date hereof until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article X and the Closing Date.
Article VIIICONDITIONS TO CLOSING
Section 8.01 Mutual Conditions to the Obligations of the Parties. The respective obligations of each party hereto to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are subject to the satisfaction or waiver at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived in writing at the option of the party whose obligations to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are subject thereto to the extent permitted by applicable Law:
Section 8.02 Conditions to the Obligations of Purchaser and Merger Sub. The obligations of Purchaser and Merger Sub to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby are subject to the satisfaction, at or prior to the Closing, of the following conditions (unless waived, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, by Purchaser):
Section 8.03 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company and Company Parent. The obligation of the Company and Company Parent to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby is subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions (unless waived, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, by the Company):
Section 8.04 Frustration of Closing Conditions. No party may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in this Article VIII to be satisfied if such failure resulted from such party’s failure to use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Closing to occur, as required by Section 7.02(a), or to satisfy its obligations under Section 7.03 or Section 7.04.
Article IXTAX MATTERS
Section 9.01 Transfer Taxes. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration and other similar Taxes and fees (including any associated penalties and interest, but excluding any Taxes or fees (and associated penalties and interest) based in whole or in part upon income, profits or gains) (“Transfer Taxes”) incurred in connection with the Merger, if any, shall be paid fifty percent (50%) by the Eligible Holders and fifty percent (50%) by the Purchaser when due, whether levied on Purchaser, the Company, the Surviving Corporation, any Subsidiary or any Eligible Holder. The party required under applicable Law to do so shall file all necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to any such Transfer Taxes.
Section 9.02 Tax Elections. The parties agree that no election pursuant to Section 338 or Section 336 of the Code (or any similar elections under applicable Law) shall be made by Purchaser or its Affiliates, the Company or the Surviving Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to the Company, the Surviving Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries with respect to the transactions contemplated under this Agreement, which election would be effective on or prior to the Closing Date.
Section 9.03 Cooperation. Following the Closing, Purchaser, the Company and the Company’s Subsidiaries shall cooperate with and make available to the other parties, during normal business hours, all books and records, information and employees (without substantial disruption of employment) retained and remaining in existence after the Closing that are necessary
or useful in connection with any Tax matters (including the preparation of any Tax Returns or any other matter requiring any such books and records, information or employees for any reasonable business purpose), in each case, with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries for any Pre‑Closing Tax Period. Following the Closing, Purchaser shall cause the Surviving Corporation and its Subsidiaries to retain all applicable Tax Returns, books and records and workpapers for Pre‑Closing Tax Periods for a period of at least seven (7) years following the Closing Date. The parties hereto further agree to use their commercially reasonable good faith efforts to obtain any certificate or other document from any Governmental Authority or any other Person as may be necessary to mitigate, reduce or eliminate any Taxes that could be imposed on the Equityholders, the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries, or otherwise related to the transactions contemplated herein. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event shall the Company (or its Affiliates) allow Purchaser (or its Affiliates) access to, or examination rights of, any Tax Returns or other Tax Books and Records, other than solely (1) Tax Returns or other Tax Books and Records of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of a Pre-Closing Tax Period or (2) Tax Returns or other Tax Books and Records of the Company Parent Tax Group that include information in respect of the Company and its Subsidiaries, in each case subject to entry into a confidentiality agreement on terms and in substance reasonably acceptable to Company Parent.
Section 9.04 Company Parent Tax Group. Company Parent shall not (a) amend, re-file or otherwise modify any Tax Return of any Company Parent Tax Group for any taxable period (or portion thereof), during which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries was a member of such Company Parent Tax Group (a “Relevant Consolidated Return Period”) or (b) make, change or revoke any Tax election for any Company Parent Tax Group with respect to, or that has retroactive effect to, a Relevant Consolidated Return Period, in each case, without the prior written consent of Purchaser (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). Following receipt of written notice, Company Parent shall give Purchaser prompt written notice of any audit, examination, or other administrative or judicial proceeding, contest, assessment, notice of deficiency, or other adjustment or proposed adjustment with respect to a Company Parent Tax Group for a Relevant Consolidated Return Period (a “Relevant Consolidated Return Tax Contest”). Company Parent shall have the right to control any Relevant Consolidated Return Tax Contest related primarily to Non-Fortegra Consolidated Group Members of the Company Parent Tax Group to the extent Company Parent’s assets are reasonably sufficient to satisfy the liabilities asserted in such Relevant Consolidated Return Tax Contest as mutually agreed by the parties (a “Company Parent Tax Contest”); provided, to the extent such Company Parent Tax Contest relates both to Non-Fortegra Members of the Company Parent Tax Group and the Company and its Subsidiaries, Purchaser shall be entitled to participate in the defense of such Company Parent Tax Contest and Company Parent shall not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any compromise or settlement with respect to such Company Parent Tax Contest without the prior written consent of Purchaser, which shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed. Purchaser shall have the right to control the conduct of any Relevant Consolidated Return Tax Contests that is not a Company Parent Tax Contest; provided that Company Parent shall be entitled to participate in the defense of any such Relevant Consolidated Return Tax Contest and Purchaser shall not consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any compromise or settlement with respect to any such Relevant Consolidated Return Tax Contest without the prior written consent of Company Parent, which shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed. Each party shall provide such assistance as may be reasonably requested by the other party in connection with any Relevant Consolidated Return Contest and shall retain and provide the other party with any
records or other information that may be relevant to any such Relevant Consolidated Return Contest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Company Parent shall retain all applicable Tax Returns, books and records and workpapers for Relevant Consolidated Return Periods for a period of at least seven (7) years following the Closing Date.
Article XTermination
Section 10.01 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing:
Section 10.02 Effect of Termination; Termination Fees.
Section 10.03 Survival. The parties, intending to modify any applicable statute of limitations, agree that (a) the representations and warranties in this Agreement and in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto shall terminate effective as of the Closing and shall not survive the Closing for any purpose, and thereafter there shall be no liability on the part of, nor shall any claim be made by, any party or any of their respective Affiliates in respect thereof (including with respect to any breach, misrepresentation or inaccuracy or alleged breach, misrepresentation or inaccuracy thereof or with respect thereto), (b) the covenants in this Agreement to be performed prior to the Closing shall terminate effective as of the Closing and shall not survive the Closing for any purpose, and thereafter there shall be no liability on the part of, nor shall any claim be made by, any party or any of their respective Affiliates in respect thereof (including with respect to any breach or alleged breach thereof) and (c) the covenants in this Agreement (excluding for the avoidance of doubt, the ancillary agreements contemplated hereby) to be performed at or after the Closing shall survive the Closing in accordance with their respective terms only for such period as shall be required for the party required to perform under such covenant to complete the performance required thereby. Nothing in this Section 10.03 shall limit any claim for Fraud or any claim for equitable relief under Section 11.12.
Article XIMISCELLANEOUS
Section 11.01 Notices. All notices, requests, consents or other communications hereunder shall be deemed to have been duly given and made if in writing and if served by personal delivery upon the Person for whom it is intended, if delivered by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested or by a recognized courier service with signed confirmation of receipt, or when sent by email (provided that no “error” message or other notification of non‑delivery is automatically generated and sent in response thereto), to the Person at the address or email address set forth below, or such other address or email address as may be designated in writing hereafter, in the same manner, by such Person:
Section 11.02 Amendment/Waiver, etc. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by Purchaser, on the one hand, and the Company (prior to Closing) or the Equityholders’ Representatives (after Closing), or in the case of a waiver, by the party providing the waiver is to be effective; provided, that the Equityholders’ Representatives are authorized to duly sign a waiver on behalf of all Equityholders following the Closing. Except as specifically provided otherwise herein, no failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. Further, no waiver of any of the terms and conditions hereof shall be deemed to or shall constitute a waiver of any other term of condition hereof (whether or not similar). Except as specifically provided otherwise herein, the rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and none is exclusive of any other, or of any rights or remedies that any party may otherwise have at law or in equity.
Section 11.03 Assignment. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no party to this Agreement may assign any of its rights or delegate any of its obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of Purchaser, Equityholders’ Representatives and Company and any purported assignment in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void ab initio; provided, that Purchaser may assign any or all of its rights, interests and obligations under this Agreement before or after the Closing Date to any Affiliate or any of Purchaser’s financing sources, in each case to the extent such assignment shall not result in additional costs, including Taxes to Company Parent or any of the Equityholders; provided, further, that (a) Purchaser will nonetheless remain liable for all of its obligations, and for any actions taken or omissions by such Affiliate, hereunder and (b) Purchaser shall not assign any of its rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement to any Affiliate if doing so would be reasonably likely to cause any of the conditions of the Company and Company Parent to complete the Closing set forth in Section 8.01(d) or Section 8.03 to be materially delayed or incapable of satisfaction by the Termination Date.
Section 11.04 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including all schedules (including the Company Disclosure Schedule and Purchaser Disclosure Schedule) and Exhibits hereto, the
Confidentiality Agreement and the other agreements referred to herein including the other Transaction Documents) constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, with respect to such matters.
Section 11.05 Fulfillment of Obligations. Any obligation of any party under this Agreement, which obligation is performed, satisfied or fulfilled by an Affiliate of such party to the same extent as if the party performed such obligation, shall be deemed to have been performed, satisfied or fulfilled by such party.
Section 11.06 Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No pre‑Closing Equityholder shall have the right to enforce directly any covenant or agreement of Purchaser or Merger Sub or to bring directly any claim with respect to any breach, misrepresentation or inaccuracy of any such agreement, covenant, representation or warranty of Purchaser or Merger Sub; provided, further, that the Company may enforce any such covenant or agreement or bring any such claim on behalf of the Equityholders (without limitation on the Company’s right to enforce any such covenant or agreement or bring any such claim on its own behalf). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, other than the provisions of (i) Section 2.02, Section 2.03, and Section 2.04 with respect to the Equityholders and Eligible Holders, (ii) Section 7.05(b) and Section 9.01, with respect to Eligible Holders and their Affiliates, (iii) Section 7.07, with respect to D&O Indemnified Persons, (iv) the immediately preceding sentence of this Section 11.06, (v) Section 11.13, with respect to the Non‑Recourse Parties, (vi) Section 11.14, with respect to Purchaser Released Parties and Company Parent Released Parties and (vii) Section 11.15, with respect to Ropes & Gray LLP and Sidley Austin LLP, express or implied, nothing in this Section 11.06 is intended to confer upon any Person other than Purchaser, Merger Sub, Company Parent, the Company or its Subsidiaries or their successors or permitted assigns, any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement.
Section 11.07 Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be borne by the party incurring such expenses.
Section 11.08 Governing Law/Jurisdiction/Waiver of Jury Trial.
Section 11.09 Counterparts, Severability, etc. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile, scanned pages or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Agreement. In the event that any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof, becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances will be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the parties hereto. The parties further agree
to amend or otherwise modify this Agreement, to the extent necessary, to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will give effect to the intent of the parties.
Section 11.10 Headings, etc. The provision of the Table of Contents, the division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections and other subdivisions and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reading only and shall not affect or be utilized in construing or interpreting this Agreement. All references in this Agreement to any Article, Section, subsection or clause are to the corresponding Article, Section, subsection or clause of this Agreement, unless otherwise specified.
Section 11.11 Further Assurances. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, from time to time, at the request of any party hereto and at the expense of the party so requesting, each other party shall execute and deliver to such requesting party such documents and take such other action as such requesting party may reasonably request in order to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
Section 11.12 Remedies.
Section 11.13 Non‑Recourse. Except for any claim with respect to Fraud or as otherwise set forth herein or in another Transaction Document, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, therein or otherwise, this Agreement and each other Transaction Document may only be enforced against, and any claims or causes of action (whether in tort or contract, or whether at law or in equity, or otherwise) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents, the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, may only be made against the entities and Persons that are expressly identified as parties to this Agreement or each other Transaction Document in their capacities as such and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein and therein with respect to the named parties to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and no former, current or future stockholders, equityholders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, incorporators, general or limited partners, members, managers, agents, attorneys, representatives or Affiliates of any party hereto or to another Transaction Document, or any former, current or future direct or indirect stockholder, equityholder, controlling person, director, officer, employee, incorporator, general or limited partner, member, manager, agent, attorney, representative or Affiliate of any of the foregoing (each, a “Non‑Recourse Party”) shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of the parties to this Agreement or for any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or in respect of any representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith or therewith, including any alleged non‑disclosure made by any such Persons, and each party waives and releases all such liabilities and obligations against such Persons. Without limiting the rights of any party against the other parties hereto, in no event shall any party or any of its Affiliates seek to enforce this Agreement against, make any claims for breach of this Agreement against or seek to recover monetary damages from, any Non‑Recourse Party, in each case, whether in tort, contract or otherwise. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 11.13 shall limit any claim with respect to Fraud.
Section 11.14 Release of Claims.
Section 11.15 Waiver of Conflicts. Recognizing that Ropes & Gray LLP and Sidley Austin LLP have acted as legal counsel to Company Parent and the Company, the Subsidiaries, certain of the direct and indirect holders of Company Shares and certain of their respective Affiliates prior to the date of this Agreement and that Ropes & Gray LLP and Sidley Austin LLP intend to act as legal counsel to certain of the direct and indirect holders of Company Shares, including Company Parent, and their respective Affiliates (which will no longer include the Company and the Subsidiaries) after the Closing, each of Purchaser, Merger Sub and the Company hereby waives, on its own behalf and agrees to cause its controlled Affiliates, the Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries to waive, any conflicts that may arise in connection with Ropes & Gray LLP and Sidley Austin LLP representing any direct or indirect holders of the Company Shares, including Company Parent, or their Affiliates after the Closing as such representation may relate to Purchaser, Merger Sub, Company Parent, the Company, the Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries or the transactions contemplated hereby, including in connection with any
negotiation, arbitration, mediation, litigation or other proceeding in any way related to a dispute with Purchaser, the Surviving Corporation, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates following the Closing arising out of or relating to this Agreement, the ancillary agreements contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or the negotiation, execution, performance or consummation of any of the foregoing. In addition, all communications prior to Closing involving attorney-client confidences that constitute attorney-client privileged communications solely between holders of Company Shares, Company Parent, the Company and the Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates, on the one hand, and Ropes & Gray LLP and Sidley Austin LLP, on the other hand, pertaining to the negotiation, documentation and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be belong to the holders of Company Shares and their respective Affiliates, including Company Parent. Accordingly, the Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries shall not have access to any such communications or to the files of Ropes & Gray LLP or Sidley Austin LLP relating to such engagement from and after the Effective Time. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, from and after the Effective Time, (a) the direct and indirect holders of Company Shares and their respective Affiliates, including Company Parent (and not the Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries) shall be the sole holders of the attorney-client privilege with respect to such engagement, and none of the Surviving Corporation or the Subsidiaries shall be a holder thereof, (b) to the extent that files of Ropes & Gray LLP or Sidley Austin LLP in respect of such engagement constitute property of the client, only the direct and indirect holders of Company Shares, including Company Parent, and their respective Affiliates (and not the Surviving Corporation and the Subsidiaries), shall hold such property rights and (c) Ropes & Gray LLP and Sidley Austin LLP shall have no duty whatsoever to reveal or disclose any such attorney‑client communications or files to the Surviving Corporation or any of the Subsidiaries by reason of any attorney‑client relationship among Ropes & Gray LLP, Sidley Austin LLP and the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a dispute arises between Purchaser or a Group Company, on the one hand, and a third party (other than the Equityholders’ Representative, any Equityholder and any of their respective Affiliates), on the other hand, or any Governmental Authority after the Closing, the Company or its Affiliates may assert the attorney‑client privilege against such third party to prevent disclosure of confidential communications by or with Ropes & Gray LLP and Sidley Austin LLP.
Section 11.16 Disclaimer. Without limiting the generality of Section 4.31 and Section 5.09, it is understood and agreed by the parties, on behalf of themselves and their respective Affiliates, (a) that any cost estimate, projection or other prediction, any data, any financial information or any memoranda or offering materials or presentations, including any memoranda and materials provided by a party, any direct or indirect holder of such party or any of their respective representatives, are not and shall not be deemed to be or to include representations or warranties, except to the extent explicitly set forth in the Transaction Documents as a representation and warranty, and (b) that no such Person has relied on any such cost estimate, projections or other prediction, such data, any financial information or any such memoranda or materials other than as set forth herein or therein.
Section 11.17 Due Diligence Review. Each of Purchaser and Merger Sub acknowledges, covenants and agrees, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates: (a) that it has completed a due diligence investigation, and based thereon, formed its own independent judgment with respect to the Company and the Subsidiaries, (b) that it has been furnished with or given access to such documents and information about the Company and the Subsidiaries, (c) that it has relied solely
upon its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties of the Company and Company Parent expressly contained in Article IV and Article V hereof and the representations and warranties of the Company, Company Parent and other Equityholders in the other Transaction Documents and (d) that (x) no representation or warranty has been or is being made by a party or any other Person as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the information provided or made available to another party or any of their respective representatives and advisors other than the representations and warranties herein and in the other Transaction Documents and (y) there are uncertainties inherent in attempting to make estimates, projections, forecasts, plans, budgets and similar materials and information, each of Purchaser and Merger Sub is familiar with such uncertainties, each of Purchaser and Merger Sub is taking full responsibility for making its own evaluations of the adequacy and accuracy of any and all estimates, projections, forecasts, plans, budgets and other materials or information that may have been delivered or made available to it or any of its respective agents or representatives other than the representations and warranties in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, neither Purchaser nor Merger Sub has relied or will rely on such information other than the representations and warranties in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and neither Purchaser nor Merger Sub will assert, and each will cause their respective Affiliates not to assert, any claims against the Company (or against the Subsidiaries or the Non-Recourse Parties or any other Person) with respect to such materials or information other than the representations and warranties in this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
Section 11.18 Joint and Several Liability. Following the formation of Merger Sub and its joinder to this Agreement, Purchaser agrees to cause Merger Sub to perform its obligations under this Agreement and Purchaser and Merger Sub shall be jointly and severally liable for all liabilities and obligations of Merger Sub under this Agreement.
Section 11.19 Equityholders’ Representatives.