Article VIII Conditions to the Merger

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(i)   Subject to Parent’s indemnification obligations under Section 7.13(j) below, the Company hereby consents to the customary use of its and its Subsidiaries’ marks, designs, names, logos, trademarks, copyrights, service marks and other intellectual property in connection with the Financing; provided that such marks and logos are used solely in a manner that is not intended to or would not reasonably be expected to harm or disparage the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the reputation or goodwill of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(j)   Parent shall indemnify and hold harmless the Company and each of its Subsidiaries and their respective representatives from and against any and all liabilities, losses, damages, claims, costs, expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees), interest, awards, judgments and penalties suffered or incurred in connection with any and all of the matters contemplated by this Section 7.13 (other than arising from fraud or willful misconduct on the part of the Company or its Subsidiaries), whether or not the Merger is consummated or this Agreement is terminated. Parent shall, promptly upon request by the Company, reimburse the Company for all reasonable out-of-pocket costs (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with this Section 7.13, whether or not the Merger is consummated or this Agreement is terminated.

(k)   The Company agrees that, from and after January 1, 2020 until the Effective Time, none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than the MLP or its Subsidiaries) shall, without the prior written consent of Parent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), file any prospectus supplement or registration statement or consummate any offering of securities that requires registration under the Securities Act or that includes any actual or contingent commitment to register such securities under the Securities Act in the future; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit the Company or its Subsidiaries from filing any Form S-8 registration statement or consummating any transaction under such Form S-8 registration statement.

(l)   All non-public information exchanged pursuant to this Section 7.13 shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement.

(m)   Parent and Merger Subsidiary hereby acknowledge and agree that obtaining or consummating any or all of the Committed Financing or Financing is not a condition to the Merger, and that if any of the foregoing is not obtained or consummated, as applicable, Parent and Merger Subsidiary will each continue to be obligated, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VIII and the other terms hereof, to consummate the Merger.

Section 7.14   Transaction Litigation. The Company shall promptly notify Parent, and Parent shall promptly notify the Company, of any stockholder demands, litigations, arbitrations or other similar action (including derivative claims) commencing against their respective directors or officers relating to this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (collectively, the “Transaction Litigation”) and shall keep each other informed regarding any Transaction Litigation. The Company and Parent shall cooperate with the other in the defense or settlement of any Transaction Litigation and shall in good faith consult with each other on a regular basis regarding the defense or settlement of such Transaction Litigation and shall give each other’s advice with respect to such Transaction Litigation reasonable consideration. None of the Company, Parent or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall settle or offer to settle any Transaction Litigation without the prior written consent of Parent or the Company, as applicable (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

ARTICLE VIII
   
CONDITIONS TO THE MERGER

Section 8.1   Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party. The obligations of the Company, Parent and Merger Subsidiary to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by law, waiver) of the following conditions:

(a)   this Agreement shall have been adopted by the stockholders of the Company in accordance with the DGCL;

(b)   any applicable waiting period under the HSR Act relating to the Merger shall have expired or been terminated;

(c)   no provision of any applicable law or regulation and no judgment, injunction, order or decree shall prohibit or enjoin the consummation of the Merger;

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(d)   the Form S-4 shall have been declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Form S-4 shall be in effect and no proceedings for such purpose shall be pending before or threatened by the SEC; and

(e)   the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued in the Merger shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance.

Section 8.2   Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Subsidiary. The obligations of Parent and Merger Subsidiary to consummate the Merger are subject to the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by law, waiver) of the following further conditions:

(a)   (i) The Company shall have performed in all material respects all of its obligations hereunder required to be performed by it as of or prior to the Closing Date and (ii) (A) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in Section 3.11(b) of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects at and as of the Closing Date as though made at and as of the Closing Date, (B) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the first three sentences of Section 3.5 shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as though made at and as of the Closing Date except for De Minimis Inaccuracies, (C) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in the last sentence of Section 3.4, Section 3.5 (other than the first three sentences thereof) and the first two sentences of Section 3.6(c) shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date as though made at and as of the Closing Date, (D) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement other than those described in the preceding clauses (A)-(C) that are qualified by “Company Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct as so qualified at and as of the Closing Date as though made at and as of the Closing Date; provided, however, that if all such “Company Material Adverse Effect” qualifications are disregarded and any resulting individual failure of any such representation or warranty to be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, when aggregated with up to four other (x) individual such failures or (y) individual failures of any representation or warranty of the Company set forth in this Agreement that is not qualified by “Company Material Adverse Effect”, to be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date, would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect, then the condition set forth in this Section 8.2(a) shall be deemed unsatisfied; and (E) the representations and warranties of the Company set forth in this Agreement other than those described in the preceding clauses (A)-(D) shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as though made at and as of the Closing Date except for such failures to be true and correct as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that, with respect to clauses (A), (B), (C), (D) and (E) above, representations and warranties that are made as of a particular date or period shall be true and correct (in the manner set forth in clause (A), (B), (C), (D) or (E) as applicable) only as of such date or period. For purposes of this Agreement, “De Minimis Inaccuracies” means any inaccuracies that individually or in the aggregate are de minimis relative to the total fully diluted equity capitalization of the Company or Parent, as the case may be.

(b)   Parent shall have received a certificate of the Company, executed on its behalf by an authorized officer of the Company, dated the Closing Date, certifying that the conditions set forth in Section 8.2(a)(i) and Section 8.2(a)(ii) have been satisfied.

Section 8.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligation of the Company to consummate the Merger is subject to the satisfaction (or, to the extent permitted by law, waiver) of the following further conditions:

(a)   (i) Parent shall have performed in all material respects all of its obligations hereunder required to be performed by it as of or prior to the Closing Date and (ii) (A) the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Subsidiary set forth in Section 4.10(b) of this Agreement shall be true and correct in all respects at and as of the Closing Date as though made at and as of the Closing Date, (B) the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Subsidiary set forth in the first three sentences of Section 4.5 shall be true and correct at and as of the Closing Date as though made at and as of the Closing Date except for De Minimis Inaccuracies, (C) the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Subsidiary set forth in the last sentence of Section 4.4, Section 4.5 (other than the first three sentences thereof) shall be true and correct in all material respects at and as of the Closing Date as though made at and as of the Closing Date, (D) the representations and warranties of Parent and Merger Subsidiary set forth in this Agreement other than those described in the preceding clauses (A)-(C) that are qualified by “Company Material Adverse Effect” shall be true and correct as

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