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This excerpt taken from the HPQ 8-K filed Nov 12, 2009. ARTICLE VII
Section 7.1 Conditions to Each Partys Obligations to Effect the Merger. The respective obligations of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company to consummate the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver (where permissible under applicable Law) prior to the Closing Date, of each of the following conditions:
(a) Requisite Stockholder Approval. The Requisite Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.
(b) Requisite Regulatory Approvals. (i) Any waiting period (and extensions thereof) applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under the HSR Act shall have expired or been terminated, (ii) any clearances, consents, approvals, orders and authorizations of Governmental Authorities required by the Antitrust Laws of the jurisdictions
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set forth in Section 7.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter shall have been obtained and/or any waiting periods (and extensions thereof) applicable to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under the Antitrust Laws of the jurisdictions set forth in Section 7.1(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter shall have expired or been terminated, and (iii) any required approval or deemed approval of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement of the Anti-Monopoly Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce shall have been obtained pursuant to the AML, in each case, without any condition that would require any action that Parent and its Subsidiaries would not be required to take, or the Company and its Subsidiaries would not be permitted to take, pursuant to Section 6.2(b).
(c) No Legal Prohibition. No court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority shall have (i) enacted, issued or promulgated any Law that is in effect and has the effect of making the Merger illegal or which has the effect of prohibiting or otherwise preventing the consummation of the Merger, or (ii) issued or granted any Order that is in effect and has the effect of making the Merger illegal or which has the effect of prohibiting or otherwise preventing the consummation of the Merger.
Section 7.2 Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to Effect the Merger. The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived exclusively by Parent:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement set forth in (i) Section 3.11(a) shall be true and correct in all respects, (ii) Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.5, Section 3.7 (a), Section 3.7(c), Section 3.25, Section 3.27 and Section 3.28 shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (except for those representations and warranties set forth in such Sections that address matters only as of a particular date, which shall have been true and correct in all material respects only as of such particular date) and (iii) all Sections of this Agreement other than those Sections specifically referred to above shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date (except for those representations and warranties set forth in such Sections that address matters only as of a particular date, which shall have been true and correct only as of such particular date), except in the case of clause (iii) (including the parenthetical herein) for any failure to be so true and correct which has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the Agreement under clause (iii) of this Section 7.2(a), all Company Material Adverse Effect qualifications and all qualifications and exceptions with respect to materiality (but not dollar thresholds nor the reference to Company Material Adverse Effect in Section 3.12(a)(xv)) set forth in such representations and warranties shall be disregarded.
(b) Performance of Obligations of the Company. The Company shall have performed in all material respects the obligations that are to be performed by it under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.
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(c) Officers Certificate. Parent and Merger Sub shall have received a certificate of the Company, validly executed for and on behalf of the Company and in its name by a duly authorized officer thereof, certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 7.2(a) and Section 7.2(b) have been satisfied.
(d) Company Material Adverse Effect. No Effect shall have arisen or occurred following the execution and delivery of this Agreement that is continuing and that shall have had or be reasonably expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Section 7.3 Conditions to the Companys Obligations to Effect the Merger. The obligations of the Company to consummate the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction or waiver prior to the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived exclusively by the Company:
(a) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as if made on and as of such date, except (i) for any failure to be so true and correct that would not, individually or in the aggregate, prevent or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to fully perform their respective covenants and obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) for those representations and warranties which address matters only as of a particular date, which representations shall have been true and correct as of such particular date, except for any failure to be so true and correct as of such particular date that would not, individually or in the aggregate, prevent or materially delay the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the ability of Parent and Merger Sub to fully perform their respective covenants and obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Performance of Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub. Each of Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed in all material respects the obligations that are to be performed by them under this Agreement at or prior to the Closing Date.
(c) Officers Certificate. The Company shall have received a certificate of Parent and Merger Sub, validly executed for and on behalf of Parent and Merger Sub and in their respective names by a duly authorized officer thereof, certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 7.3(a) and Section 7.3(b) have been satisfied.
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