COMSTOCK HOMEBUILDING COMPANIES,
INC.,
Dated as of March 15,
2007
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2. Redemption of the Original Notes and Purchase
and Sale of the Senior Notes
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4. Representations and Warranties of the
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5. Representations and Warranties of the
Purchaser
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6. Covenants and Agreements of the Company
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9. Termination; Representations and Indemnities
to Survive
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12. Parties in Interest; Successors and
Assigns
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14. Submission to Jurisdiction
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15. Counterparts and Facsimile
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16. Notice of Intended Transfer
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SCHEDULES AND
EXHIBITS
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List of
Significant Subsidiaries; Certain Prohibitions Against the Payment
of Distributions, the Repayment of Debt or the Transfer of
Assets
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Legal
Proceedings
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Certain
Documents Subject to Future Filing as Exhibits to 1934 Act
Reports
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Claims Against
Real Property
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Environmental
Matters
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Form of Company
Counsel’s Opinion Pursuant to
Section 3(b)(i)
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Form of General
Counsel Opinion or Officers’ Certificate Pursuant to
Section 3(b)(ii)
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Form of Tax
Counsel Opinion Pursuant to Section 3(c)
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Form of Trustee
Counsel Opinion Pursuant to Section 3(d)
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Form of
Officer’s Financial Certificate Pursuant to
Section 6(h)
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Form of Control
Agreement
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SENIOR NOTE PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION
AGREEMENT
This SENIOR NOTE
PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of March 15, 2007
(this “ Purchase Agreement ”), is entered into
by and among Comstock Homebuilding Companies, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”), and Kodiak
Warehouse JPM LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or its
assignee (the “ Purchaser ”).
WHEREAS, pursuant
to that certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 4,
2006, the Company issued and sold to Kodiak Warehouse LLC (the
“ Initial Purchaser ”) Thirty Million Dollars
($30,000,000) in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s
junior subordinated notes, bearing interest at a fixed rate of
9.72% per annum through the interest payment date in June 2011
and thereafter at a variable rate, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR
(as defined in the Junior Subordinated Indenture, dated as of
May 4, 2006 (the “ Original Indenture ”)
between the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (the “
Original Trustee ”)) plus 4.20% per annum (the “
Original Notes ”);
WHEREAS, the
Initial Purchaser sold, transferred and assigned its rights, title
and interests in and to the Original Notes to the
Purchaser;
WHEREAS, the
Purchaser and the Company desire to provide for the redemption of
the Original Notes and for the Company’s issuance and sale to
the Purchaser of Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000) in aggregate
principal amount of the Company’s senior unsecured notes,
bearing interest at a fixed rate of 9.72% per annum through the
interest payment date in June 2011 and thereafter at a
variable rate, reset quarterly, equal to LIBOR (as defined in the
Indenture (as defined below)) plus 4.20% per annum (the “
Senior Notes ”);
WHEREAS, the
Company, as of the date of this Purchase Agreement, is not
insolvent, nor upon consummation of the transactions contemplated
hereby will it be rendered insolvent, and the sum of the
Company’s debts is less than the value of all of the
Company’s property at a fair valuation;
WHEREAS, the sale
of the Senior Notes to the Purchaser constitutes an extension of
new credit to the Company and is not a substitution for any
existing obligation; and
WHEREAS, the
Senior Notes will be issued pursuant to an Indenture, dated as of
the Closing Date (the “ Indenture ”), between
the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as indenture trustee (in
such capacity, the “ Trustee ”).
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements and
subject to the terms and conditions herein set forth, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1.
Definitions . This Purchase Agreement, the Control Agreement
(as defined herein), the Indenture and the Senior Notes are
collectively referred to herein as the “ Operative
Documents .” All other capitalized terms used but not
defined in this Purchase Agreement shall have the respective
meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture.
2.
Redemption of the Original Notes and Purchase and Sale of the
Senior Notes .
(a)
Notwithstanding any restrictions in the Original Indenture relating
to the redemption of the Original Notes, the Company agrees to
redeem the Original Notes, and the Purchaser agrees to accept the
redemption of the Original Notes (the “ Redemption
”), on the Closing Date (as defined below) at a redemption
price equal to Thirty Million Six Hundred Seven Thousand Five
Hundred Dollars ($30,607,500) (collectively the sum of (i) one
hundred percent (100%) of the principal amount thereof, and
(ii) all accrued and unpaid interest including Additional
Interest (as defined in the Original Indenture) thereon as of
March 15, 2007 (the “ Redemption Price
”).
(b)
On the Closing Date, the Redemption Price will become due and
payable and any interest on the Original Notes shall cease to
accrue on and after said date.
(c)
The Company agrees to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser
agrees to purchase from the Company, Thirty Million Dollars
($30,000,000) in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Notes for
an amount (the “ Purchase Price ”) equal to
Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000). The Purchaser shall be
responsible for the rating agency costs and expenses.
(d)
Delivery or transfer of, and payment for, the Original Notes and
the Senior Notes shall be made at 10:00 A.M. Chicago time
(11:00 A.M. New York City time), on March 15, 2007 (such
date and time of delivery and payment for the Original Notes and
the Senior Notes being herein called the “ Closing
Date ”). The Original Notes shall be redeemed and
delivered to the Company upon receipt by the Purchaser of the
Redemption Price by wire transfer in immediately available funds on
the Closing Date to a U.S. account designated by the Purchaser at
least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date. The Senior Notes
shall be transferred and delivered to the Purchaser against the
payment of the Purchase Price to the Company made by wire transfer
in immediately available funds on the Closing Date to a U.S.
account designated in writing by the Company at least two Business
Days prior to the Closing Date.
(e)
Delivery of the Senior Notes shall be made at such location, and in
such names and denominations, as the Purchaser shall designate at
least two Business Days in advance of the Closing Date and
surrender of the Original Notes shall occur at the same location.
The Company agrees to have the Senior Notes available for
inspection and checking by the Purchaser in Chicago, Illinois, not
later than 1:00 P.M., Chicago time (2:00 P.M. New York City time),
on the Business Day prior to the Closing Date. The closing for the
purchase and sale of the Senior Notes (the “ Closing
”) shall occur at the offices of Winston & Strawn LLP, 35
West Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601, or such other place as
the parties hereto shall agree.
3.
Conditions . The obligations of the parties under this
Purchase Agreement are subject to the following
conditions:
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(a)
The representations and warranties contained herein shall be
accurate as of the date of delivery of the Senior Notes.
(b)
(i) Greenberg Traurig LLP, counsel for the Company (the
“ Company Counsel ”), shall have delivered an
opinion, dated the Closing Date, addressed to the Purchaser, its
successors and assigns and the Trustee, in substantially the form
set out in Exhibit A hereto and (ii) the Company
shall have furnished to the Purchaser the opinion of the
Company’s General Counsel or a certificate signed by the
Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President or an Executive
Vice President and the Company’s Chief Financial Officer,
Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer, dated the Closing Date, addressed
to the Purchaser, in substantially the form set out in
Exhibit B hereto. In rendering their opinion, the
Company Counsel may rely as to factual matters upon certificates or
other documents furnished by officers and directors of the Company
and by government officials ( provided , however ,
that copies of any such certificates or documents are delivered to
the Purchaser) and by and upon such other documents as such counsel
may, in their reasonable opinion, deem appropriate as a basis for
the Company Counsel’s opinion. The Company Counsel may
specify the jurisdictions in which they are admitted to practice
and that they are not admitted to practice in any other
jurisdiction and are not experts in the law of any other
jurisdiction. Such Company Counsel opinions shall not state that
they are to be governed or qualified by, or that they are otherwise
subject to, any treatise, written policy or other document relating
to legal opinions, including, without limitation, the Legal Opinion
Accord of the ABA Section of Business Law (1991).
(c)
The Purchaser shall have been furnished the opinion of Winston
& Strawn LLP, special tax counsel for the Purchaser, dated the
Closing Date, addressed to the Purchaser and the Trustee,
addressing the matters set out in Exhibit C hereto
(subject to customary assumptions and qualifications).
(d)
The Purchaser shall have received the opinion of Potter Anderson
& Corroon LLP, special counsel for the Trustee, dated the
Closing Date, addressed to the Purchaser and its successors and
assigns, in substantially the form set out in Exhibit D
hereto.
(e)
The Company shall have furnished to the Purchaser a certificate of
the Company, signed by the Chief Executive Officer, President or an
Executive Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer or Treasurer
of the Company, dated the Closing Date, as to clauses (i) and
(ii) below:
(i)
the representations and warranties of the Company in this Purchase
Agreement are true and correct on and as of the Closing Date with
the same effect as if made on the Closing Date, and the Company has
complied with all the agreements and satisfied all the conditions
on its part to be performed or satisfied at or prior to the Closing
Date; and
(ii)
except as set forth in the Company’s 1934 Act Reports (as
defined below), since the date of the Financial Statements (as
defined in Section 4 (r) ), there has been no
occurrence that has had or is reasonably expected to result in a
material adverse change in or effect on the condition (financial or
otherwise), earnings, business, liabilities
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or assets of
the Company and its subsidiaries, whether or not arising from
transactions occurring in the ordinary course of business (a
“ Material Adverse Effect ”).
(f)
Subsequent to the execution of this Purchase Agreement, with the
exception of matters disclosed by the Company to Purchaser in the
Company’s 1934 Act Reports, there shall not have been any
change in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise),
earnings, business, liabilities or assets of the Company and its
subsidiaries, whether or not occurring in the ordinary course of
business, the effect of which is, in the Purchaser’s
judgment, so material and adverse as to make it impractical or
inadvisable to proceed with the purchase of the Senior
Notes.
(g)
The redemption of the Original Notes and the purchase of and
payment for the Senior Notes as described in this Purchase
Agreement shall (a) not be prohibited by any applicable law or
governmental regulation, (b) not subject the Purchaser to any
penalty or, in the reasonable judgment of the Purchaser, other
onerous conditions under or pursuant to any applicable law or
governmental regulation and (c) be permitted by the laws and
regulations of the jurisdictions to which the Purchaser is
subject.
(h)
The Company shall have received all consents, permits and other
authorizations, and made all such filings and declarations, as may
be required on or before the Closing Date from any person or entity
pursuant to any law, statute, regulation or rule (federal, state,
local and foreign), or pursuant to any agreement, order or decree
to which the Company is a party or to which it is subject, in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Purchase
Agreement.
(i)
The Purchaser and the Trustee shall have received a fully executed
copy of a Control Agreement in the form of Exhibit F
hereto.
(j)
The Purchaser and the Original Trustee shall have received
(i) a copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the
Company authorizing the transactions contemplated by this Purchase
Agreement, including the redemption of the Original Notes, and
(ii) an officers’ certificate and opinion of counsel, in
each case in accordance with the terms Section 11.3 of the
Original Indenture.
(k)
Prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall have furnished to the
Purchaser and its counsel such further information, certificates
and documents as the Purchaser or its counsel may reasonably
request.
If
any of the conditions specified in this Section 3 shall
not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Purchase
Agreement, or if any of the opinions, certificates and documents
mentioned above or elsewhere in this Purchase Agreement shall not
be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Purchaser
or its counsel, this Purchase Agreement and all the
Purchaser’s obligations hereunder may be canceled at, or at
any time prior to, the Closing Date by the Purchaser. Notice of
such cancellation shall be given to the Company in writing or by
telephone or facsimile confirmed in writing.
Each
certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to
the Purchaser or its counsel in connection with the Operative
Documents and the transactions
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contemplated
hereby and thereby shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty of the Company and not by such officer in any individual
capacity.
4.
Representations and Warranties of the Company . The Company
represents and warrants to, and agrees with the Purchaser, as of
the date hereof and as of the Closing Date, as follows:
(a)
Neither the Company nor any of its “Affiliates” (as
defined in Rule 501(b) of Regulation D (“
Regulation D ”) under the Securities Act (as
defined below)), nor any person acting on its or their behalf, has,
directly or indirectly, made offers or sales of any security, or
solicited offers to buy any security, under circumstances that
would require the registration of any of the Senior Notes under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities
Act ”).
(b)
Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any person
acting on its or their behalf, has (i) offered for sale or
solicited offers to purchase the Senior Notes or (ii) engaged
in any form of “general solicitation” or “general
advertising” (within the meaning of Regulation D) in
connection with any offer or sale of any of the Senior
Notes.
(c)
The Senior Notes (i) are not and have not been listed on a
national securities exchange registered under Section 6 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “
Exchange Act ”), or quoted on a U.S. automated
inter-dealer quotation system and (ii) are not of an open-end
investment company, unit investment trust or face-amount
certificate company that is, or is required to be, registered under
Section 8 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended
(the “ Investment Company Act ”), and the Senior
Notes otherwise satisfy the eligibility requirements of
Rule 144A(d)(3) promulgated pursuant to the Securities Act
(“ Rule 144A(d)(3) ”).
(d)
Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any person
acting on its or their behalf, has engaged, or will engage, in any
“directed selling efforts” within the meaning of
Regulation S under the Securities Act with respect to the
Senior Notes.
(e)
The Company is not, and, immediately following consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereby and the other Operative Documents
and the application of the net proceeds from the purchase and sale
of the Senior Notes, will not be, an “investment
company” or an entity “controlled” by an
“investment company,” in each case within the meaning
of Section 3(a) of the Investment Company Act.
(f)
The Company has not paid or agreed to pay to any person or entity,
directly or indirectly, any fees or other compensation for
soliciting another to purchase any of the Senior Notes.
(g)
The Indenture has been duly authorized by the Company and, on the
Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered by the
Company and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery
thereof by the Trustee, will be a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights
generally and to general principles of equity (the “
Enforceability Exceptions ”).
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(h)
The Senior Notes have been duly authorized by the Company and, on
the Closing Date, will have been duly executed and delivered to the
Trustee for authentication in accordance with the Indenture and,
when authenticated in the manner provided for in the Indenture and
delivered to the Purchaser against payment therefor in accordance
with this Purchase Agreement, will constitute legal, valid and
binding obligations of the Company entitled to the benefits of the
Indenture, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their
terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.
(i)
This Purchase Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions
and the effect of any applicable public policy against the
enforcement of the indemnification provisions of this Purchase
Agreement set forth in Section 8 .
(j)
The Control Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Company and is a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in
accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions
and the effect of any applicable public policy against the
enforcement of the indemnification provisions of the Control
Agreement.
(k)
Neither the redemption of the Original Notes, nor the issuance and
sale of the Senior Notes, nor the execution and delivery of and
compliance with the Operative Documents by the Company, nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or
the use of the proceeds therefrom, (i) will conflict with or
constitute a violation or breach of the charter or bylaws or
similar organizational documents of the Company or any subsidiary
of the Company or any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation,
judgment, order, writ or decree of any government, governmental
authority, agency or instrumentality or court, domestic or foreign
(collectively, the “ Governmental Entities ”),
or of any arbitrator, in each case having jurisdiction over the
Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective properties
or assets, (ii) will conflict with or constitute a violation
or breach of, or a default or Repayment Event (as defined below)
under, or result in the creation or imposition of any pledge,
security interest, claim, lien or other encumbrance of any kind
(each, a “ Lien ”) upon any property or assets
of the Company or any of its subsidiaries (other than to the extent
of the amounts subject to the Lien of the Control Agreement)
pursuant to, any contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement,
note, lease or other agreement or instrument to which (A) the
Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any
of them may be bound, or (B) any of the property or assets of
the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject, except, in the
case of this clause (ii), for such conflicts, violations, breaches,
defaults, Repayment Events or Liens which (X) would not,
singly or in the aggregate, adversely affect the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents and
(Y) would not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect or (iii) require the consent, approval,
authorization or order of any court or Governmental Entity. As used
herein, a “ Repayment Event ” means any event or
condition which gives the holder of any note, debenture or other
evidence of indebtedness (or any person acting on such
holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase,
redemption or repayment of all or a portion of such indebtedness by
the Company or any of its subsidiaries prior to its scheduled
maturity.
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(l)
The Company has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as a
corporation in good standing under the laws Delaware, with all
requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate
its properties and conduct the business it transacts and proposes
to transact, and is duly qualified to transact business and is in
good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction where
the nature of its activities requires such qualification, except
where the failure of the Company to be so qualified would not,
singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(m)
The Company has no subsidiaries that are material to its business,
financial condition or earnings other than those subsidiaries
listed in Schedule 4(1) hereto (collectively, the
“ Significant Subsidiaries ”). Each Significant
Subsidiary has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or
statutory trust in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction
in which it is chartered, organized or formed, with all requisite
power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and
conduct the business it transacts and proposes to transact. Each
Significant Subsidiary is duly qualified to transact business and
is in good standing as a foreign corporation, limited liability
company, limited partnership or statutory trust in each
jurisdiction where the nature of its activities requires such
qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified would
not, singly or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
Except as set forth on Schedule 4(1) hereto, no
subsidiary of the Company is currently prohibited, directly or
indirectly, under any agreement or other instrument to which it is
a party or is subject, from paying any dividends to the Company,
from making any other distribution on such subsidiary’s
capital stock or other Equity Interests, from repaying to the
Company any loans or advances to such subsidiary from the Company
or from transferring any of such subsidiary’s properties or
assets to the Company or any other subsidiary of the
Company.
(n)
The Company and each of the Company’s subsidiaries hold all
necessary approvals, authorizations, orders, licenses, consents,
registrations, qualifications, certificates and permits
(collectively, the “ Governmental Licenses ”) of
and from Governmental Entities necessary to conduct their
respective businesses as now being conducted, and neither the
Company nor any of the Company’s subsidiaries has received
any notice of proceedings relating to the revocation or
modification of any such Government License, except where the
failure to be so licensed or approved or the receipt of an
unfavorable decision, ruling or finding, would not, singly or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; all of the
Governmental Licenses are valid and in full force and effect,
except where the invalidity or the failure of such Governmental
Licenses to be in full force and effect, would not, singly or in
the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; and the Company and
its subsidiaries are in compliance with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations, judgments, orders, decrees and consents, except where
the failure to be in compliance would not, singly or in the
aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
(o)
All of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Company
and each of its subsidiaries are validly issued, fully paid and
nonassessable; all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests
of each subsidiary of the Company is owned by the Company, directly
or through subsidiaries, free and clear of any Lien, claim or
equitable right; and none of the issued and outstanding Equity
Interests of the Company or any subsidiary of the
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Company was
issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights arising by
operation of law, under the charter, by-laws, certificate of
formation, limited liability company agreement, certificate of
limited partnership, agreement of limited partnership or similar
organizational document of such entity or under any agreement to
which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party.
(p)
Except as otherwise disclosed to the Purchaser in writing, neither
the Company nor any of its subsidiaries is (i) in violation of
its respective charter, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited
liability company agreement, certificate of limited partnership,
agreement of limited partnership or similar organizational
document, (ii) in default in the performance or observance of
any obligation, agreement, covenant or condition contained in any
contract, indenture, mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other
agreement or instrument relating to Debt or (iii) in default
in the performance or observance of any obligation, agreement,
covenant or condition contained in any contract, indenture,
mortgage, loan agreement, note, lease or other agreement or
instrument to which the Company or any such subsidiary is a party
or by which it or any of them may be bound or to which any of the
property or assets of any of them is subject,, except, in the case
of clause (ii), where such violation or default would not, singly
or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect. No default by
the Company has occurred and is continuing in the payment of any
principal of or premium or interest on any Senior Debt (as such
term is defined in the Original Indenture).
(q)
Except as set forth on Schedule 4(p) hereto, there is
no action, suit or proceeding before or by any Governmental Entity
or arbitrator, now pending or, to the knowledge of the Company,
threatened against or affecting the Company or any of the
Company’s subsidiaries, except for such actions, suits or
proceedings that, if adversely determined, would not, singly or in
the aggregate, adversely affect the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by the Operative Documents or have a
Material Adverse Effect; and the aggregate of all pending legal or
governmental proceedings to which the Company or any of its
subsidiaries is a party or of which any of their respective
properties or assets is subject, including ordinary routine
litigation incidental to the Company’s and its
subsidiaries’ business, are not expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
(r)
The accountants of the Company who certified the Financial
Statements are independent public accountants of the Company and
its subsidiaries within the meaning of the Securities Act, and the
rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “ Commission ”) thereunder.
(s)
The audited consolidated financial statements (including the notes
thereto) and schedules of the Company and its consolidated
subsidiaries for the three (3) fiscal years ended
December 31, 2005 (the “ Financial Statements
”) and the interim unaudited consolidated financial
statements of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries for the
three and nine months periods ended September 30, 2006 (the
“ Interim Financial Statements ”) provided to
the Purchaser are the most recent available audited and unaudited
consolidated financial statements of the Company and its
consolidated subsidiaries, respectively, and fairly present in all
material respects, in accordance with U.S. generally accepted
accounting principles (“ GAAP ”), the financial
position of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, and the
results of operations and changes in financial condition as of the
dates and for the periods
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therein
specified subject, in the case of the Interim Financial Statements,
to year-end adjustments (which are expected to consist solely of
recurring adjustments in the normal course of business). Such
consolidated financial statements and schedules have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods
involved (except as otherwise noted therein).
(t)
Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has any material
liability, whether known or unknown, whether asserted or
unasserted, whether absolute or contingent, whether accrued or
unaccrued, whether liquidated or unliquidated, and whether due or
to become due, including any liability for taxes (and there is no
past or present fact, situation, circumstance, condition or other
basis for any present or future action, suit, proceeding, hearing,
charge, complaint
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