Consolidation, Merger, Sale of Assets (a) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Material Subsidiaries (in one transaction or series of transactions) will wind up, liquidate or dissolve its affairs, or enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, except any merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation (i) in which the Borrower is the surviving entity or if the Borrower is not a party to such transaction then a Subsidiary is the surviving entity or the successor to the Borrower has unconditionally assumed in writing all of the payment and performance obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Fundamental Documents, (ii) in which the surviving entity becomes a Subsidiary of the Borrower immediately upon the effectiveness of such merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation, or (iii) involving a Subsidiary in connection with a transaction permitted by Section 6.4(b); provided, however, that immediately prior to and on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to any such transaction described in any of the preceding clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
(b) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries (either individually or collectively and whether in one transaction or series of related transactions) will not sell or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.
Consolidation, Merger, Sale of Assets, etc If at any time while this Warrant, or any portion hereof, is outstanding and unexpired, there shall be (i) a reorganization (other than a combination, reclassification, exchange or subdivision of shares otherwise provided for herein), (ii) a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another corporation in which the Company is not the surviving entity, or a reverse triangular merger in which the Company is the surviving entity but the shares of the Company’s capital stock outstanding immediately prior to the merger are converted by virtue of the merger into other property, whether in the form of securities, cash, or otherwise, or (iii) a sale or transfer of the Company’s properties and assets as, or substantially as, an entirety to any other person, then, as a part of such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer, lawful provision shall be made so that the Holder of this Warrant shall thereafter be entitled to receive upon exercise of this Warrant, during the period specified herein and upon payment of the Exercise Price then in effect, the number of shares of stock or other securities or property of the successor corporation resulting from such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer that a holder of the shares deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant would have been entitled to receive in such reorganization, consolidation, merger, sale or transfer if this Warrant had been exercised immediately before such reorganization, merger, consolidation, sale or transfer, all subject to further adjustment as provided in this Section 11. The foregoing provisions of this Section 11.1 shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, consolidations, mergers, sales and transfers and to the stock or securities of any other corporation that are at the time receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant. If the per-share consideration payable to the Holder hereof for shares in connection with any such transaction is in a form other than cash or marketable securities, then the value of such consideration shall be determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors. In all events, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors) shall be made in the application of the provisions of this Warrant with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder after the transaction, to the end that the provisions of this Warrant shall be applicable after that event, as near as reasonably may be, in relation to any shares or other property deliverable after that event upon exercise of this Warrant. In addition, if at any time while this Warrant, or any portion hereof, is outstanding and unexpired, (A) there shall be any transaction (other than the occurrence of conversion of the Bridge Loan as of the Warrant Exercisability Date) as described in clauses (ii) or (iii) above that constitutes a Sale of the Company and also constitutes either (x) a Liquidation Event, (y) an Acquisition or (z) an Asset Transfer (as each such term is defined in the Certificate of Designation for the Series A-1 Preferred Stock) for the Series A-1 Preferred Stock and the Series A-1 Preferred Stock is converted or redeemed for the Liquidation Amount (as defined in the Certificate of Designation for the Series A-1 Preferred Stock), and (B) this Warrant has not been exercised prior to the consummation thereof, this Warrant shall be deemed to be automatically exercised in whole through Net Issue Exercise as described in Section 3(c) hereof. The Company agrees that such shares to be issued to the Holder upon Net Issue Exercise as a result of a transaction described in clauses (ii) or (iii) above shall be deemed to be issued to the Holder as the record owner of such shares as of the close of business on the date of such transaction. A “Sale of the Company” shall mean the sale of the Company to an independent third party or group of independent third parties pursuant to which such party or parties acquire (a) Capital Stock (as defined in the Preferred Stock Right of First Refusal and Co-Sale Agreement) of the Company possessing the voting power under normal circumstances to elect a majority of the Company’s Board of Directors (whether by merger, consolidation or sale or transfer of the Capital Stock) or (b) all or substantially all of the Company’s assets determined on a consolidated basis. For purposes of this definition, “independent third party” means any Person who, immediately prior to such contemplated transaction, (w) does not own or have any voting or economic rights with respect to more than five percent (5%) of the Capital Stock on a fully-diluted and as converted to Common Stock basis, (x) is not an Affiliate of any Person who owns or has any voting or economic right with respect to more than five percent (5%) of the Capital Stock on a fully-diluted and as converted to Common Stock basis, (y) is not Parent, and (z) is not an Affiliate of Parent.
Consolidation, Merger or Sale of Assets Nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the Company from consolidating or merging into or with, or transferring all or substantially all of its assets to, another corporation which assumes this Agreement, and all obligations of the Company hereunder, in writing. Upon such consolidation, merger, or transfer of assets and assumption, the term "the Company" as used herein, shall mean such other corporation and this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect, subject to the provisions of Paragraph 6 hereof.
Merger, Consolidation, Acquisition and Sale of Assets (a) Enter into any merger, consolidation or other reorganization with or into any other Person or acquire all or a substantial portion of the assets or stock of any Person or permit any other Person to consolidate with or merge with it.
Consolidation, Merger, Purchase or Sale of Assets, etc The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, wind up, liquidate or dissolve any of their affairs or enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets (or, with respect to any such transaction involving all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, enter into an agreement to do any of the foregoing at any future time without the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent unless the effectiveness of such agreement is conditional upon the consent of the Administrative Agent), or enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, except that:
(a) Restricted Payments may be made to the extent permitted by Section 8.4;
(b) Investments may be made to the extent permitted by Section 8.7;
(c) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may lease (as lessor) real or personal property in the ordinary course of business other than to a Receivables Subsidiary;
(d) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make sales or transfers of inventory, Cash, Cash Equivalents and Foreign Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business other than to a Receivables Subsidiary;
(e) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries 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 the Borrower or such Subsidiary may reasonably determine are difficult to collect but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with customary industry practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of receivables);
(f) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may license its patents, trade secrets, know-how and other intellectual property relating to the manufacture of chemical products and by-products (the “Technology”) provided that such license shall be assignable to the Administrative Agent or any assignee of the Administrative Agent without the consent of the licensee and no such license shall (i) transfer ownership of such Technology to any other Person or (ii) require the Borrower to pay any fees for any such use (such licenses permitted by this Section 8.3(f), hereafter “Permitted Technology Licenses”);
(g) any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) may be merged or consolidated (x) with or into the Borrower so long as the Borrower is the surviving entity, (y) with or into any one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary, Airstar Corporation, Huntsman Headquarters Corporation or IRIC); provided, however, that a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or Subsidiaries shall be the surviving entity or (z) with or into any Person in connection with the consummation of an Acquisition; provided, however, that after giving effect to such merger or consolidation the surviving Subsidiary shall be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
(h) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset in connection with any Sale and Leaseback Transaction involving Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations or an Operating Financing Lease otherwise permitted hereunder;
(i) in any Fiscal Year, the Borrower or any Subsidiary may dispose of any of its assets (including in connection with Sale and Leaseback Transactions not involving Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations or an Operating Financing Lease) if the aggregate net book value (at the time of disposition thereof) of all assets disposed of by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in such Fiscal Year pursuant to this clause (i) plus the aggregate net book value of all the assets then proposed to be disposed of does not exceed 12.5% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements as required by Section 7.1; provided, however, that if (A) concurrently with any disposition of assets or within 360 days of receipt of proceeds in connection with such disposition, all or a portion of an amount equal to the net proceeds of such disposition are used by the Borrower or a Subsidiary to acquire other property used or to be used in the business referred to in Section 8.9 and (B) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has complied with the provisions of Section 7.11 with respect to such property, then such dispositions (or, to the extent that less than all of the net proceeds of any such disposition are used to acquire such other property, then dispositions in an amount equal to the net proceeds used to acquire such other property) shall be disregarded for purposes of calculations pursuant to this Section 8.3(i) (and shall otherwise be deemed to be permitted under this Section 8.3) from and after the date such proceeds are so used to acquire such property with respect to the acquisition of such other property;
(j) the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets to the Borrower or any other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than (I) from the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary to a Foreign Subsidiary or (II) to a Receivables Subsidiary);
(k) any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) may voluntarily liquidate, wind-up or dissolve;
(l) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may, directly or indirectly, sell, contribute and make other transfers of Receivables Facility Assets to a Receivables Subsidiary and such Receivables Subsidiary may sell and make other transfers of Receivables Facility Assets to the Issuer, in each case pursuant to the Receivables Documents under a Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitization;
(m) Foreign Subsidiaries may enter into Foreign Factoring Transactions; and
(n) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate the US Commodity Business Sale provided that not less than 75% of the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom are used within 90 days to (i) repay Senior Secured Notes (2010); (ii) repay Senior Notes (2012); (iii) repay Receivables Facility Attributed Indebtedness and/or (iv) make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 4.3.
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets (a) The Issuer will not consolidate with or merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its property and assets (as an entirety or substantially an entirety in one transaction or a series of related transactions) to, any Person or permit any Person to merge with or into the Issuer unless:
(1) the Issuer shall be the continuing Person, or the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or that acquired or leased such property and assets of the Issuer shall be a corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company or other entity (other than an individual) organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or jurisdiction thereof and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the obligations of the Issuer on the Notes and under this Indenture;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(3) immediately after giving effect to such transaction on a pro forma basis the Issuer, or any Person becoming the successor obligor of the Notes, as the case may be, could Incur at least $1.00 of Indebtedness under paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of Section 4.07; provided, however, that this clause (3) shall not apply to a consolidation or merger with or into a Wholly Owned Subsidiary with a positive net worth; provided further, however, that, in connection with any such merger or consolidation, no consideration (other than Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock) in the surviving Person or the Issuer) shall be issued or distributed to the holders of Capital Stock of the Issuer; and
(4) the Issuer delivers to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate (attaching the arithmetic computations to demonstrate compliance with clause (3) above) and an Opinion of Counsel, in each case stating that such consolidation, merger or transfer and such supplemental indenture complies with this Section 5.01 and that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating to such transaction have been complied with; provided, however, that clause (3) above does not apply if, in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, whose determination shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution, the principal purpose of such transaction is to change the state of domicile of the Issuer; provided further, however, that any such transaction shall not have as one of its purposes the evasion of the foregoing limitations.
(b) Except as provided in Section 10.04, no Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate with or merge with or into (whether or not such Subsidiary Guarantor is the surviving Person) another Person, unless:
(1) either such Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing Person or the Person (if other than such Subsidiary Guarantor) formed by such consolidation or into which such Subsidiary Guarantor is merged shall be a corporation or other legal entity organized and validly existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or jurisdiction thereof and shall expressly assume, by a supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee, all of the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor and under this Indenture; and
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.
(c) For purposes of the foregoing, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Subsidiary Guarantors, the Capital Stock of which constitutes all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Issuer, will be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Issuer.
(d) Upon any such consolidation, combination or merger of the Issuer or a Subsidiary Guarantor, or any such sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer in accordance with this Section 5.01, in which the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor is not the continuing obligor under the Notes or its Subsidiary Guarantee, the surviving entity formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor is merged or the entity to which the sale, conveyance, transfer, lease or other disposition is made will succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor under this Indenture, the Notes and the Subsidiary Guarantees with the same effect as if such surviving entity had been named therein as the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor and, except in the case of a lease, the Issuer or such Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, will be released from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes or in respect of its Subsidiary Guarantee, as the case may be, and all of the Issuer’s or such Subsidiary Guarantor’s other obligations and covenants under the Notes, this Indenture and its Subsidiary Guarantee, if applicable.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subsidiary Guarantor may (i) consolidate with or merge with or into the Issuer or another Subsidiary Guarantor or (ii) convert into a corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company or trust organized under the laws of such Subsidiary Guarantor’s jurisdiction of organization or the laws of the United States of America or any state or jurisdiction thereof.
Sale of Assets; Merger and Consolidation Subject to right of Shareholders, if any, to vote pursuant to Section 6.1, the Trustees may cause (i) the Trust or one or more of its Portfolios to the extent consistent with applicable law to sell all or substantially all of its assets to, or be merged into or consolidated with, another Portfolio, statutory trust (or series thereof) or Company (or series thereof), (ii) the Shares of the Trust or any Portfolio (or Class) to be converted into beneficial interests in another statutory trust (or series thereof) created pursuant to this Section 9.4, (iii) the Shares of any Class to be converted into another Class of the same Portfolio, or (iv) the Shares to be exchanged under or pursuant to any state or federal statute to the extent permitted by law. In all respects not governed by statute or applicable law, the Trustees shall have power to prescribe the procedure necessary or appropriate to accomplish a sale of assets, merger or consolidation including the power to create one or more separate statutory trusts to which all or any part of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses of the Trust may be transferred and to provide for the conversion of Shares of the Trust or any Portfolio (or Class) into beneficial interests in such separate statutory trust or trusts (or series or class thereof).
Consolidation, Merger, Sale or Purchase of Assets, etc Holdings and the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, wind up, liquidate or dissolve its affairs or enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of (or agree to do any of the foregoing at any future time) all or any part of its property or assets (other than inventory in the ordinary course of business, including sales of inventory on consignment in the ordinary course of business), or enter into any partnerships, joint ventures or sale-leaseback transactions, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one or a series of related transactions) any part of the property or assets (other than purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment in the ordinary course of business) of any Person, except that the following shall be permitted:
(a) Holdings and its Subsidiaries may, as lessee or lessor, enter into operating leases in the ordinary course of business with respect to real or personal property;
(b) Capital Expenditures by Holdings and its Subsidiaries to the extent not in violation of Section 9.07;
(c) the advances, investments and loans permitted pursuant to Section 9.05;
(d) Holdings and its Subsidiaries may sell or discount, in each case without recourse, accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof;
(e) Holdings and its Subsidiaries may sell or exchange specific items of machinery or equipment, so long as the proceeds of each such sale or exchange is used to acquire (and results within 180 days of such sale or exchange in the acquisition of) replacement items of machinery or equipment which are the functional equivalent of the item of equipment so sold or exchanged;
(f) Holdings and its Subsidiaries may, in the ordinary course of business, license, as licensor or licensee, patents, trademarks, copyrights and know-how to third Persons and to one another, so long as any such license by Holdings or its Subsidiaries in its capacity as licensor is permitted to be assigned pursuant to the Security Agreement (to the extent that a security interest in such patents, trademarks, copyrights and know- how is granted thereunder) and does not otherwise prohibit the granting of a Lien by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Security Agreement in the intellectual property covered by such license;
(g) any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower may transfer assets to the Borrower or to any other Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as (i) if the transferee is a Subsidiary, such Subsidiary is a Guarantor and (ii) the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to the Security Documents in the assets so transferred shall remain in full force and effect and perfected (to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such transfer);
(h) any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge with and into, or be dissolved or liquidated into, the Borrower so long as (i) the Borrower is the surviving corporation of any such merger, dissolution or liquidation and (ii) the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to the Security Documents in the assets of such Wholly Owned Subsidiary shall remain in full force and effect and perfected (to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such merger, dissolution or liquidation);
(i) any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge with and into, or be dissolved or liquidated into, any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower so long as (i) such Wholly Owned Subsidiary is a Guarantor and is the surviving corporation of any such merger, dissolution or liquidation and (ii) the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Creditors pursuant to the Security Documents in the assets of such Wholly Owned Subsidiary shall remain in full force and effect and perfected (to at least the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such merger, dissolution or liquidation);
(j) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom (including giving pro forma effect to such acquisition and --- ----- any additional Indebtedness resulting therefrom or incurred or assumed in connection therewith as if such acquisition had occurred and such Indebtedness had been incurred as of the first day of the most recently completed Test Period (including any other Permitted Acquisition that occurred, and related Indebtedness that was incurred, during or subsequent to such Test Period)), Holdings or any of its Wholly Owned Subsidiaries may consummate a Permitted Acquisition; provided that (i) Holdings shall have -------- delivered to the Administrative Agent, at the time of delivery of the Permitted Acquisition Notice, a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of Holdings showing compliance (in reasonable detail as to pro forma calculations) with all of the provisions of this paragraph (j), and (ii) Holdings or the Borrower shall have given the Agents and the Banks at least 30 days prior notice of any Permitted Acquisition (each such notice a "Permitted Acquisition Notice"); -----------------------------
(k) leases or subleases granted by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries to third Persons not interfering in any material respect with the business of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries;
Sale of Assets, Consolidation, Merger, Dissolution, Etc Each Borrower and Guarantor shall not directly or indirectly:
(a) merge into or with or consolidate with any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into or with or consolidate with it except that (i) any Borrower or Guarantor may merge with or into or consolidate with any other Borrower or Guarantor (including any Person which becomes a Borrower or Guarantor in connection with a Permitted Acquisition subject to the terms of Section 9.21(d) hereof) and (ii) any Borrower or Guarantor may merge with a newly formed corporation or limited liability company organized in any state in the United States of America which has no assets or liabilities solely for the purpose of either changing the type of organization of such Borrower or Guarantor to a corporation or limited liability company or changing the jurisdiction of organization of such Borrower or Guarantor to any state in the United States of America, provided, that, in each case each of the following conditions is satisfied as determined by Agent in good faith: (A) Agent shall receive prompt written notice of any such merger or consolidation, (B) as of the effective date of the merger or consolidation and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (C) in the case of a merger between any Borrower or Guarantor and such newly formed corporation or limited liability company where such corporation or limited liability company is the surviving corporation or limited liability company, such corporation or limited liability company shall have expressly confirmed, ratified and assumed the Obligations of such Borrower or Guarantor and the Financing Agreements to which such Borrower or Guarantor is a party, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent, and in the case of a merger between any Borrower or Guarantor and such newly formed corporation or limited liability company, such Borrower, Guarantor or newly formed corporation or limited liability company shall execute and deliver such other agreements, documents and instruments as Agent may reasonably request in connection therewith, and (D) Agent shall promptly receive true, correct and complete copies of all material agreements, documents and instruments relating to such merger or consolidation; provided, further, that, prior to the Petro Existing Security Agreement Termination Date, no Petro Company shall be merged with or consolidate into any Borrower or Guarantor other than another Petro Company;
(b) sell, issue, assign, lease, license, transfer, abandon or otherwise dispose of any Capital Stock or Indebtedness to any other Person or any of its assets to any other Person, except for
(i) sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of business,
(ii) the sale or other disposition of Equipment (including worn-out or obsolete Equipment or Equipment no longer used or useful in the business of any Borrower or Guarantor) and the sale of Real Property or the Capital Stock of any Propco; provided, that, (A) as of the date of such sale or disposition and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (B) such sale or disposition shall be on commercially reasonable terms in a bona fide arms length transaction, (C) as of the date of such sale or disposition and after giving effect thereto, Excess Availability plus Unrestricted Cash shall not be less than $20,000,000, (D) such sale or disposition shall not be in connection with any sale-leaseback transaction (it being understood that any such sale-leaseback transaction shall be governed by the terms of Section 9.7(b)(x) hereof), (E) if the Equipment or Real Property to be sold or disposed of (including the Equipment or Real Property owned by any Propco) is included in the Borrowing Base or if a Cash Dominion Period exists, all of the net cash proceeds of such sale or disposition shall promptly be paid to Agent for application to the Obligations in accordance with Section 6.4(a) hereof,
(iii) the issuance and sale by Parent of Capital Stock of Parent (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) after the date hereof; provided, that, (A) if a Cash Dominion Period exists, Agent shall receive prompt written notice of such issuance and sale and (B) if a Cash Dominion Period exists, all of the net cash proceeds of the sale and issuance of such Capital Stock shall promptly be paid to Agent for application to the Obligations in accordance with Section 6.4(a) hereof,
(iv) the issuance of Capital Stock of any Borrower or Guarantor consisting of common stock pursuant to an employee stock option or grant or similar equity plan or 401(k) plans of such Borrower or Guarantor for the benefit of its employees, directors and consultants, provided, that, in no event shall such Borrower or Guarantor be required to issue, or shall such Borrower or Guarantor issue, Capital Stock pursuant to such stock plans or 401(k) plans which would result in a Change of Control or other Event of Default, and
(v) the sale, transfer, lease, sublease or other disposition of assets of any Borrower or Guarantor to another Borrower or Guarantor,
(vi) the grant of non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business,
(vii) leases or subleases of Real Property permitted under Section 9.8(m) or 9.12 hereof,
(viii) the sale or other disposition of Cash Equivalents for fair market value in the ordinary course of business,
(ix) the issuance and sale by any Borrower (other than Parent) or Guarantor of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) to another Borrower or Guarantor; provided, that, Agent shall have received, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (A) evidence that Agent has a valid and perfected first priority security interest in and lien upon all such Capital Stock and (B) such other agreements, documents and instruments as Agent may reasonably request to effectuate the purpose and intent of clause (A) above,
(x) the sale of Real Estate and Equipment in connection with a sale-leaseback transaction permitted under Section 9.7(d) hereof (including the sale of the Capital Stock of any Propco and the leaseback of Real Property and Equipment owned by such Propco),
(xi) the sale, transfer or other disposition by the Petro Companies to an Excluded Subsidiary of the franchise agreements between any of the Petro Companies and its franchisees; provided, that, as of the date of such sale, transfer or disposition and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and
(xii) the sale or other disposition of assets of any Borrower or Guarantor not otherwise permitted under the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.7(b) above (other than the sale or disposition of Accounts of any Borrower or Guarantor or Capital Stock of any Borrower); provided, that, (A) as of the date of such sale or disposition and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (B) such sale or disposition shall be on commercially reasonable terms in a bona fide arms length transaction, (C) as of the date of such sale or disposition and after giving effect thereto, the aggregate net book value of all of the assets so sold or disposed of in any fiscal year of Parent shall not exceed $20,000,000, (D) as of the date of such sale or disposition and after giving effect thereto, Excess Availability plus Unrestricted Cash shall not be less than $20,000,000, (E) such sale or disposition shall not be in connection with any sale-leaseback transaction (it being understood that any such sale-leaseback transaction shall be governed by the terms of Section 9.7(b)(x) hereof), (F) if any of the assets to be sold or disposed of (including the Equipment or Real Property owned by any Propco) is included in the Borrowing Base or if a Cash Dominion Period exists, all of the net cash proceeds of such sale or disposition shall promptly be paid to Agent for application to the Obligations in accordance with Section 6.4(a) hereof,
(c) wind up, liquidate or dissolve except that any Guarantor may wind up, liquidate and dissolve, provided, that, each of the following conditions is satisfied, (i) effective upon such winding up, liquidation or dissolution, all of the assets and properties of such Guarantor shall be duly and validly transferred and assigned to a Borrower or another Guarantor, (ii) Agent shall have received all documents and agreements that any Borrower or Guarantor has filed with any Governmental Authority or as are otherwise required to effectuate such winding up, liquidation or dissolution, (iii) no Borrower or Guarantor shall assume any Indebtedness, obligations or liabilities as a result of such winding up, liquidation or dissolution, or otherwise become liable in respect of any obligations or liabilities of the entity that is winding up, liquidating or dissolving, unless such Indebtedness is otherwise expressly permitted hereunder, (iv) Agent shall receive prompt written notice of any such winding up, liquidation or dissolution, and (v) as of the date of such winding up, liquidation or dissolution and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(d) enter into any sale-leaseback transaction, except for the sale-leaseback of Real Property and Equipment (including the sale of the Capital Stock of any Propco and the leaseback of Real Property and Equipment owned by such Propco); provided, that, each of the following conditions is satisfied: (i) Agent shall receive prompt written notice of any such sale-leaseback, (ii) promptly upon Agent’s request, Agent shall have received true, correct and complete copies of all material agreements, documents and instruments related to such sale-leaseback, (iii) as of the date of the consummation of such sale-leaseback and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (iv) if any Equipment or Real Property subject to such sale leaseback transaction (whether directly or indirectly through Propco) is included in the Borrowing Base or if a Cash Dominion Period exists, all of the net cash proceeds of such sale-leaseback shall promptly be paid to Agent for application to the Obligations in accordance with Section 6.4(a) hereof, (v) such sale-leaseback transaction shall be on commercially reasonable terms in a bona fide arms-length transaction, and (vi) as of the date of such sale-leaseback transaction and after giving effect thereto, Excess Availability plus Unrestricted Cash shall not be less than $20,000,000; and
(e) agree to do any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Borrower or Guarantor (other than a Petro Company) shall, prior to the Petro Existing Security Agreement Termination Date, sell, lease, transfer, assign, license, abandon or otherwise dispose of any Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other assets to a Petro Company unless, as of the date of any such sale, lease, transfer, assignment, license, abandonment or disposition, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and Excess Availability plus Unrestricted Cash shall not be less than an amount equal to the thirty-five (35%) percent of the Maximum Credit.
Reorganization, Reclassification, Merger, Consolidation or Disposition of Assets In case the Company shall reorganize its capital, reclassify its capital stock, consolidate or merge with or into another corporation (where the Company is not the surviving corporation or where there is a change in or distribution with respect to the Common Stock of the Company), or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its property, assets or business to another corporation and, pursuant to the terms of such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets, shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation, or any cash, shares of stock or other securities or property of any nature whatsoever (including warrants or other subscription or purchase rights) in addition to or in lieu of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation ("Other Property"), are to be received by or distributed to the holders of Common Stock of the Company, then Holder shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the number of shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and Other Property receivable upon or as a result of such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such event. In case of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets, the successor or acquiring corporation (if other than the Company) shall expressly assume the due and punctual observance and performance of each and every covenant and condition of this Warrant to be performed and observed by the Company and all the obligations and liabilities hereunder, subject to such modifications as may be deemed appropriate (as determined in good faith by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company) in order to provide for adjustments of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable which shall be as nearly equivalent as practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 11. For purposes of this Section 11, "common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation" shall include stock of such corporation of any class which is not preferred as to dividends or assets over any other class of stock of such corporation and which is not subject to redemption and shall also include any evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock or other securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for any such stock, either immediately or upon the arrival of a specified date or the happening of a specified event and any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any such stock. The foregoing provisions of this Section 11 shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, mergers, consolidations or disposition of assets.
