(c) Consents and Approvals. No Consent of any Person is required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Letter Agreement by such GP Entity, the performance by such GP Entity of its obligations hereunder or the transactions contemplated hereby.
(d) GP Entity Capitalization and Governance. As of the date of this Letter Agreement, (i) Schedule 3(d)(i) sets forth the name of each record and legal owner of the issued and outstanding equity interests of each GP Entity, the type of interest held by such owner and the respective percentage interest held by such owner in the GP Entity and (ii) each of the undersigned Sellers is either (or is affiliated with) a managing member, general partner, shareholder, director, manager, officer, trustee, employee, and/or other person with similar authorities or functions to any of the foregoing titles (each, a “Control Person”) of each GP Entity. For the avoidance of doubt, the Buyer acknowledges and agrees that no undersigned Seller shall be considered a Control Person with respect to a GP Entity from and after the date such Seller becomes a “retired” or “inactive” partner, member, shareholder or other equity-owner under the organizational documents of such GP Entity, which shall automatically be deemed to occur upon such Seller’s final date of employement with the Buyer or any of its affiliates. There is no current agreement or present intention to (x) transfer, issue or redeem any equity interests of any GP Entity, or (y) elect, appoint, retain, hire or remove any Control Person of any GP Entity, except pursuant to or as contemplated by the Purchase Agreement. Except as set forth on Schedule 4(a)(i) hereof, there are no agreements to which the Company, any FP Fund or any GP Entity is bound which contain obligations related to the payment of management or investment advisory fees to the Company.
4. Covenants of the Sellers. As an inducement to the Buyer to enter into the Purchase Agreement and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, including the Acquisition, each of the Sellers agrees to comply with the following covenants:
(a) Assignment, Transfer, Suspension or Early Termination of any Management or Advisory Agreement. Such Seller shall not Knowingly take any action within his control or Knowingly fail to act in a manner within his control, without the prior written consent of the Buyer, if such action or failure to act (i) directly or indirectly amends, modifies, waives, assigns, transfers, suspends, fails to renew or extend the term of, or terminates any agreement listed on Schedule 4(a)(i) or Schedule 4(a)(ii) hereof (including, for the avoidance of doubt, each Investment Contract) and (ii) results, as of the time of such action or failure to act, with the passage of time or both, in the reduction of management or investment advisory fees payable to the Company under the agreements referred to in clause (i) of this Section 4(a) (a “Management Fee Reduction”). “Knowingly” shall mean, with respect to the subject Person, (i) as it relates to taking any action, such Person takes the action with actual knowledge following due inquiry that such action would reasonably result in the specified conduct and (ii) as it relates to failing to act, such Person intentionally fails to act with actual knowledge that such failure would reasonably result in the specified conduct.
(b) Suspension, Reduction, Waiver or other Modification of Management Fees. Such Seller shall not Knowingly take any action or Knowingly fail to act, without the prior written consent of the Buyer, if such action or failure to act (i) directly or indirectly reduces, amends, modifies, waives, assigns, transfers, suspends or terminates the payment (whether direct or indirect) of management or investment advisory fees otherwise payable to the Company by any FP Fund and (ii) results, as of the time of such action or failure to act, with the passage of time or both, in a Management Fee Reduction.
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