Assets to be Transferred Except as otherwise provided in Section 2.03, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Closing and effective as of the Effective Time, Seller shall sell, convey, assign and transfer to Purchaser all of Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the following properties and assets that are used exclusively in connection with the Restaurants (collectively, the “Assets”) free and clear of all Liens except for Permitted Liens:
(a) A leasehold interest in the Owned Real Property and a subleasehold interest in the Leased Real Property;
(b) all of the furniture, trade fixtures and equipment that are owned by Seller and located at a Restaurant as of the Effective Time (collectively, the “Equipment”);
(c) the Contracts to which Seller is a party that are in effect as of the Effective Time and that relate exclusively to the Business listed on Schedule 2.02(b) (collectively, the “Assigned Contracts”);
(d) the cash bank for each Existing Restaurant and other prepaid and special items listed on Schedule 2.02(c) (collectively, the “Special Items”);
(e) the Inventory and all other inventories, supplies and other tangible personal property that are owned by Seller and located in a Restaurant as of the Effective Time including counters, shelving, racks, slat walls, display cases, décor, tables, seating, signs, promotional items and materials, new and unused uniforms, smallwares and office supplies (collectively, the “Personal Property”);
(f) all tools, equipment, and repair and maintenance supplies located in or on the Leased Vehicles (the “Repair and Maintenance Inventory”);
(g) to the extent transferable under applicable law, the Permits necessary for the operation of the Business as currently operated, and Seller will provide to Purchaser prior to the Closing a list of all Permits held by Seller with respect to the Business; and
(h) all of Seller’s rights against its suppliers with respect to express or implied warranties made in the sale to Seller of the Assets to the extent such rights (i) automatically transfer to the Purchaser as the new owner of the Assets, (ii) do not require the consent of any third parties and (iii) do not impose any costs or expenses on Seller or its Affiliates.
ASSETS TO BE ACQUIRED The assets of the Selling Fund to be acquired by the Acquiring Fund shall consist of all property, including without limitation all cash, securities, commodities and futures interests and dividends or interest receivable, which are owned by the Selling Fund and any deferred or prepaid expenses shown as an asset on the books of the Selling Fund on the Closing Date. The Selling Fund has provided the Acquiring Fund with its most recent audited financial statements which contain a list of all of Selling Fund's assets as of the date thereof. The Selling Fund hereby represents that as of the date of the execution of this Agreement there have been no changes in its financial position as reflected in said financial statements other than those occurring in the ordinary course of its business in connection with the purchase and sale of securities and the payment of its normal operating expenses. The Selling Fund reserves the right to sell any of such securities but will not, without the prior written approval of the Acquiring Fund, acquire any additional securities other than securities of the type in which the Acquiring Fund is permitted to invest. The Acquiring Fund will, within a reasonable time prior to the Closing Date, furnish the Selling Fund with a statement of the Acquiring Fund's investment objectives, policies and restrictions and a list of the securities, if any, on the Selling Fund's list referred to in the second sentence of this paragraph which do not conform to the Acquiring Fund's investment objectives, policies, and restrictions. In the event that the Selling Fund holds any investments which the Acquiring Fund may not hold, the Selling Fund will dispose of such securities prior to the Closing Date. In addition, if it is determined that the Selling Fund and the Acquiring Fund portfolios, when aggregated, would contain investments exceeding certain percentage limitations imposed upon the Acquiring Fund with respect to such investments, the Selling Fund if requested by the Acquiring Fund will dispose of a sufficient amount of such investments as may be necessary to avoid violating such limitations as of the Closing Date.
Assets to be Purchased At Closing (as hereinafter defined) subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Seller shall sell to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase from Seller, all or substantially all of Seller's assets utilized in the operation of Seller's Boulder Facility (the "Business"), free and clear of all liens, encumbrances, and charges (the "Assets"), which Assets shall include without limitation the following:
(a) all inventory owned, used or held for use with respect to Seller's Business, including parts, materials, packaging, works in progress and finished goods located at Seller's Boulder Facility at the close of business on the date of Closing, as hereinafter defined on the attached Schedule 1(a) (the "Inventory");
(b) all of Seller's right, title and interest in and to those certain fixed assets that are described on the attached Schedule 1(b) (the "Fixed Assets");
(c) all of Seller's right, title and interest in and to any and all licenses and permits, to the extent assignable, whether state, federal, county, municipal, or otherwise material to the operation of the Boulder Facility, leases, equipment warranties, maintenance contracts, service contacts and other commitments as may be assumed in writing by Buyer or as set forth on the attached Schedule 1(c); and
(d) all of Seller's right, title and interest in and to the general intangibles and goodwill associated with the operation of the Assets at Seller's Boulder Facility, including all telephone numbers used by Seller at the Boulder Facility, access to certain books and records of Seller which pertain to the Boulder Facility Business, including sales, customer lists and suppliers, paid invoices, repair orders, employee records for the last three years, yellow page advertising (subject to Section 12.1), copies of pending sales orders, work in process and all other documents associated with the Boulder Business (the "Company Records").
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions (a) Merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all the assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) of the Borrower or less than all the Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person or division or line of business of such Person, except that (i) the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may purchase and sell inventory in the ordinary course of business and (ii) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing (1) any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (2) any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with any other Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (provided that if any party to any such transaction is a Loan Party, the surviving entity of such transaction shall be a Loan Party), (3) any Restricted Subsidiary may dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary (which such recipient Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Loan Party if the disposing Restricted Subsidiary is a Loan Party), (4) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate (other than in connection with a merger or a consolidation which shall be governed by the other clauses of this Section 6.05(a)) and distribute its assets ratably to its shareholders if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, and (5) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Permitted Acquisitions, including by means of mergers or consolidations.
(b) Make any Asset Sale otherwise permitted under paragraph (a) above unless (i) such Asset Sale is for consideration at least 75% of which consists of cash, (ii) such consideration is at least equal to the fair market value of the assets being sold, transferred, leased or disposed of and (iii) the fair market value of all assets sold, transferred, leased or disposed of pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall not exceed the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) 3.0% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets in any fiscal year.
Investments and Acquisitions Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have outstanding, acquire, commit itself to acquire or hold any Investment (including any Investment consisting of the acquisition of any business) (or become contractually committed to do so) except for the following:
(a) Investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries in Wholly Owned Subsidiaries (a) which are domestic Subsidiaries as of the date of this Agreement or (b) which become domestic Wholly Owned Subsidiaries after the Closing Date and become Guarantors to the extent required by Section 10.09; provided, however, that the aggregate book value of all assets (other than intercompany obligations) owned by Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed $10,000,000.
(b) Intercompany loans and advances from any Subsidiary to the Company or any Guarantor that, in the case of loans or advances from Foreign Subsidiaries, are subordinated to the Obligations in accordance with the Foreign Subsidiary Subordination Agreement.
(c) Investments in Cash Equivalents.
(d) Guarantees permitted by Section 6.06.
(e) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, and so long as the Company (if the Company is party thereto) or a Guarantor (if the Company is not party thereto) is the surviving entity, the Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire another entity in the same line of business as the Company as described in Section 6.02(a) if:
(i) at all times when the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is greater than 2.50 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed acquisition as if such acquisition had been consummated at the beginning of such period) for which financial reports have been (or are required to have been) furnished to the Lenders in accordance with Sections 6.04(a) or 6.04(b), the purchase price for all such acquisitions permitted pursuant to this clause (e)(i) does not exceed, except with the consent of the Required Lenders, $100,000,000 in cash (excluding consideration consisting of Capital Stock, the proceeds of the issuance of Capital Stock or Subordinated Indebtedness) in the aggregate over the term of the Agreement;
(ii) at all times when the Consolidated Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 2.50 for the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (calculated on a pro forma basis giving effect to the proposed acquisition as if such acquisition had been consummated at the beginning of such period) for which financial reports have been (or are required to have been) furnished to the Lenders in accordance with Sections 6.04(a) or 6.04(b), the Company and its Subsidiaries may make unlimited acquisitions; provided, however that in the event a transaction permitted pursuant to this clause (e)(ii) would, on a pro forma basis after giving effect thereto, cause the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to exceed 2.50, the portion of the cash purchase price with respect to such transaction attributed to causing the Consolidated Leverage Ratio to be greater than 2.50 shall only be permitted to be paid to the extent the Company has sufficient availability in the $100,000,000 basket set forth in clause (e)(i) to take into account such excess amount; provided, further, that with respect to any acquisition permitted pursuant to this Section 6.08(e)(ii), (i) the acquisition must be approved by the target entity’s board of directors, (ii) the Company must be in compliance with the Computation Covenants immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, (iii) the acquired entity must not have any environmental liabilities which, after giving effect to such acquisition, would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) any Subsidiary acquired under this Section 6.08(e) (other than (a) a Foreign Subsidiary or (b) any Immaterial Subsidiary if the aggregate book value of the assets (other than intercompany obligations) of all Immaterial Subsidiaries acquired under this Section 6.08(e) since the Closing Date does not exceed $10,000,000) shall guarantee the Obligations, as contemplated by Section 10.09.
(f) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, the Company and its Subsidiaries may make (i) Investments in Unrestricted Affiliates engaged in businesses contemplated by Section 6.02(a) and (ii) Investments consisting of contributions of Property to Unrestricted Affiliates, in an aggregate amount for all such Investments permitted pursuant to this clause (f) (calculated at net book value at the time of such Investment), when taken together with the aggregate amount of all Dispositions permitted pursuant to Section 6.10(e), not to exceed $100,000,000.
(g) Loans or advances to employees of the Company in an amount not to exceed (i) $1,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time for the purchase of capital stock of the Company and (ii) $5,000,000 in the aggregate outstanding at any time for all other purposes.
(h) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, Investments of the Company and its Subsidiaries in foreign Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; provided, however, that other than with respect to Investments outstanding as of the Closing Date as described on Schedule 6.08(h), (i) such Investments shall not involve the transfer of substantial noncash assets from the Company and its domestic Subsidiaries to its Foreign Subsidiaries other than up to $35,000,000 in book value of foreign patents and foreign trademarks; and (ii) net cash Investments of the Company and its domestic Subsidiaries in Foreign Subsidiaries made pursuant to this Section 6.08(h) at any one time outstanding shall not exceed $125,000,000 in the aggregate.
(i) So long as immediately before and after giving effect thereto no Default exists, and provided that the Company complies with Section 10.09, the Company may create a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that constitutes a holding company for the Company’s European Subsidiaries.
Other Assets Purchased Upon receipt of Instructions and except as otherwise provided herein, the Custodian shall pay for and receive other Assets for the account of a Fund as provided in Instructions.
Transferred Assets (a) As of the Effective Time and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, Seller will sell, assign, transfer, convey and deliver to Purchaser, and Purchaser will purchase from Seller, all of the rights, title and interest of Seller in the following assets associated with the Transferred Banking Center and identified in this Agreement and the Exhibits hereto and not otherwise excluded from sale pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.1(b) (collectively, the “Transferred Assets”):
(1) all leases under which land and/or the building used as the Transferred Banking Center (the “Leased Property”) were leased by the Failed Bank and are leased by the Receiver and for which the Seller has an option to assume under the FDIC Agreement (the “Banking Center Lease”) listed on Exhibit 1.1(a)(1), unless Purchaser elects not to assume the Banking Center Lease (as defined below) pursuant to Section 1.10;
(2) except as provided in Section 1.1(b), all furniture, fixtures, leasehold improvements, equipment and other tangible personal property located at the Transferred Banking Center and used in conducting Seller’s business at the Transferred Banking Center (the “Personal Property,” and together with the Leased Property and the Banking Center Lease, the “Property”);
(3) all personal property leases affecting the Transferred Banking Center, including all equipment leases for equipment located at the Transferred Banking Center, but excluding personal property leases for data processing equipment and software (subject to the exclusion, the “Equipment Leases”) all as set forth on Exhibit 1.1(a)(3);
(4) those operating contracts under which goods or services are provided at the Transferred Banking Center, but excluding (i) all contracts that do not apply solely to the Transferred Banking Center but also apply to operations of Seller that are not the Transferred Banking Center, and (ii) all data processing contracts, regardless of scope (subject, in each case, to such exclusions, the “Assignable Contracts”) all as set forth on Exhibit 1.1(a)(4);
(5) the automated teller machine located at the Transferred Banking Center;
(6) all coins and currency located at the Transferred Banking Center as of the Effective Time (the “Coins and Currency”); and
(7) all outstanding balances and accrued interest of the overdraft lines of credit associated with the Deposit Liabilities and set forth on Exhibit 1.1(a)(5) (the “Overdraft Lines of Credit”), provided that such Overdraft Lines of Credit are not (A) in excess of $5,000 individually or $100,000 in the aggregate or (B) outstanding for thirty (30) days or more.
(b) Excluded from the assets, properties and rights being transferred, conveyed and assigned to Purchaser under this Agreement are Seller’s rights in and to any refund for any Taxes and, except as specifically provided in Article III, any of Seller’s or its affiliates’ corporate logos, trademarks, trade names, signs, paper stock, forms and other supplies containing any such logos, software, trademarks or trade names, trade names and logos of third parties with whom Seller has contracted to provide services to its customers and any other assets of Seller or related to the Failed Bank not set forth in Section 1.1(a) (collectively, the “Excluded Assets”). Purchaser understands and agrees that it is purchasing only the assets specified in this Agreement and, except as may be expressly provided for in this Agreement, Purchaser has no interest in or right to any other business conducted by Seller at the Transferred Banking Center.
(c) THE CONVEYANCE OF ALL THE TRANSFERRED ASSETS, INCLUDING PERSONAL PROPERTY INTERESTS, PURCHASED BY PURCHASER UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE MADE, AS NECESSARY, BY SELLER’S XXXX OF SALE, “AS IS,” “WHERE IS,” WITHOUT RECOURSE AND, EXCEPT AS SPECIFICALLY PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT WITHOUT ANY WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER WITH RESPECT TO SUCH ASSETS EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO TITLE, ENFORCEABILITY, COLLECTABILITY, DOCUMENTATION OR FREEDOM FROM LIENS OR ENCUMBRANCES (IN WHOLE OR IN PART), OR ANY OTHER MATTERS.
Purchase and Sale of Acquired Assets On the Closing Date but effective as of the Effective Date, each Seller shall sell, transfer, deliver, convey and assign to Purchaser, and Purchaser shall purchase, acquire, and accept from such Seller, upon the terms and conditions stated herein, all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the following:
(a) All hardware, third-party software licenses, documentation, third-party trademark licenses, fixtures, furniture, equipment and other assets of such Seller, in each case, which is necessary to satisfy such Seller’s obligations under the Assumed Contracts, as identified on Schedule 1.1 attached hereto (the “Transferred Resources”), to the fullest extent transferable by such Seller to Purchaser (or if not at all transferable, a mutually acceptable arrangement shall be structured as provided in Section 8.4);
(b) All right, title, and interest of such Seller in and to the source code, object code, schematics, design tools, and all associated documentation for all of such Seller’s past or present software products (including but not limited to Connect CCB, Connect IXC, Access IM, Connect RTR, IPC, WPM, Marketing Dashboard, Revenue Assurance Suite, Communications Resources Manager (CRM), and EBP&P), and all of such Seller’s software tools, subroutines, and other components, whether completed or under development, all prior or unreleased versions thereof, and all tangible embodiments (and all copies, extracts, or analyses thereof) in any medium whatsoever, and all right, title, and interest of such Seller in and to its copyrights, patents, trademarks, service marks, trade dress, and any applications therefor (including U.S. patent application number 12055933), and any related Intellectual Property Rights (as defined in Section 2.2) of such Seller, and all rights under any and all contracts for the acquisition or development of any of the foregoing, including without limitation assignments to such Seller, covenants to assign inventions to such Seller (including without limitation those assignments contained in subcontractor agreements), covenants to cooperate with such Seller’s obtaining protections of intellectual property, other provisions for ownership by such Seller of a work-for-hire, any and all confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements in favor of a Seller and all agreements similar to the foregoing, in each case to the fullest extent transferable by such Seller to Purchaser (or if not at all transferable, a mutually acceptable arrangement shall be structured as provided in Section 8.4) (collectively, the “Intellectual Property”);
(c) All right, title, and interest (including rights to payment for customer services which services were rendered on or following the Effective Date or for Software (as hereinafter defined) for periods on or following the Effective Date) of such Seller in and under the Assumed Contracts (as hereinafter defined) on and after the Effective Date, including any successor agreements to the Assumed Contracts which are entered into by such Seller with respect to the Business prior to the Closing Date (the “Contract Rights”);
(d) Cash in an amount, when all such payments made by Sellers are aggregated, equal to Ninety Seven Thousand Three Hundred Seventy-Four Dollars and 52/100 ($97,374.52) (“Prepaid Customer Funds” and, together with the Transferred Resources, Intellectual Property, and Contract Rights, the “Acquired Assets”), which amount represents prepaid but undelivered maintenance obligations under the Assumed Contracts with Bresnan (in an amount equal to $7,760); Xxxxxxxxxx (in an amount equal to $40,000); Westel (in an amount equal to $6,533); and Page One (in an amount equal to $43,081.52);
(e) All receivables and rights to payment arising with respect to customer services provided on or after the Effective Date or Software for periods on or following the Effective Date relating to any Acquired Assets;
(f) Copies of those books and records of such Seller directly related to the Acquired Assets, including invoices, purchase orders, and vendor and customer correspondence; and
(g) All goodwill and other intangible assets associated with the foregoing; in each case wherever located, but specifically excluding those assets described in Section 1.2.
Land Acquisition Reimbursement for the costs associated with acquiring interest and/or rights to real property (including access rights through ingress/egress easements, leases, license agreements, or other site access agreements; and/or obtaining record title ownership of real property through purchase) must be supported by the following, as applicable: Copies of Property Appraisals, Environmental Site Assessments, Surveys and Legal Descriptions, Boundary Maps, Acreage Certification, Title Search Reports, Title Insurance, Closing Statements/Documents, Deeds, Leases, Easements, License Agreements, or other legal instrument documenting acquired property interest and/or rights. If land acquisition costs are used to meet match requirements, Xxxxxxx agrees that those funds shall not be used as match for any other Agreement supported by State or Federal funds.
Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions Enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) or convey, sell, lease or license, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, assets or property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed, or acquire by purchase or otherwise (other than purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment and Consolidated Capital Expenditures in the ordinary course of business) all or substantially all of the assets of, all of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person, except:
(i) any Group Member may be merged or consolidated with or into any other Group Member, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, assets or property may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to any other Group Member; provided, that (x) in the case of a merger or consolidation of a Group Member that is not a Loan Party with or into a Borrower or Guarantor, such Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (y) in the case of a merger or consolidation of a Guarantor with or into another Guarantor, a Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person and (z) in the case of a merger or consolidation of a Guarantor with or into a Borrower, such Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge with any other person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.06 so long as the continuing or surviving person shall be a Restricted Subsidiary, which shall be a Loan Party if the merging Restricted Subsidiary was a Loan Party and which together with each of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have complied with the requirements of Section 5.12, 5.13 and 5.14, as applicable and if such transaction involves the U.S. Borrower, the U.S. Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(b) any Group Member (other than the U.S. Borrower in the case of a disposition of all of its assets) may dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to a Borrower or any other Loan Party, and any Group Member that is not a Loan Party may dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to another Group Member that is not a Loan Party;
(c) sales or other dispositions of assets that do not constitute Asset Sales;
(i) Asset Sales, the proceeds of which (valued at the principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt Securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) when aggregated with the proceeds of all other Asset Sales made pursuant to this clause (d)(i) in any Fiscal Year, are less than (x) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets plus (y) an amount equal to any unutilized portion of the amount permitted under subclause (x) for any preceding Fiscal Year; provided that in no event shall the proceeds of any Asset Sale, when aggregated with the proceeds of all other Asset Sales made pursuant to this clause (d)(i) in any Fiscal Year, exceed 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets; and (ii) the Asset Sale described on Schedule 6.08(d); provided that, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), (1) the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof (determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the U.S. Borrower (or a duly authorized committee thereof)), (2) except in the case of any Asset Sale to any Restricted Subsidiary, no less than 75.0% thereof shall be paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, and (3) except in the case of any Asset Sale to any Restricted Subsidiary, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied as required by Section 2.14(a);
(e) any Group Member may sell or discount, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business (x) which are overdue, or (y) which such Group Member may reasonably determine are difficult to collect but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with prudent business practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of receivables);
(f) any Group Member may enter into licenses or sublicenses of Software, Trademarks and other Intellectual Property and general intangibles in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Group Members taken as a whole;
(i) any disposition of Securitization Assets to a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing and (ii) any disposition of accounts receivable in connection with receivables factoring arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
(h) dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents;
(i) Permitted Acquisitions; provided, that in respect of acquisitions of Persons which do not become Loan Parties or of assets which are not acquired by Loan Parties, the consideration for such Persons or assets shall not exceed an aggregate amount of 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets over the term of this Agreement; and
(i) Permitted Sale and Lease-Backs and (ii) Sale and Lease-Backs otherwise permitted by Section 6.10(ii), provided that the Net Cash Proceeds of Sale and Lease-Backs (other than Permitted Sale and Lease-Backs) shall be applied as required by Section 2.14(a); provided, further, that, the case of clause (ii), the net proceeds received by the applicable Group Member are at least equal to the fair market value of such asset or Investment (as determined by the U.S. Borrower’s Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof));
(k) sales or other dispositions of the Equity Interests of, or other ownership interests in or assets or property, including Indebtedness, or other securities of, any Joint Venture (including the China JV); provided that, in each case, the net proceeds received by the applicable Group Member are at least equal to the fair market value of such asset or Investment (as determined by the U.S. Borrower’s Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof);
(l) any lease, assignment or sublease in the ordinary course of business which does not materially interfere with the business of the Group Members taken as a whole; and
(m) Investments made in accordance with Section 6.06 and Restricted Payments made in accordance with Section 6.04.
