Continuity of Business Enterprise Except as set forth on Schedule 3.4, and except as contemplated by this Agreement, there has not been any sale, distribution or spin-off of significant assets of the Company or any of its Affiliates other than in the ordinary course of business within the two (2) year period preceding the date of this Agreement.
Termination Liquidation and Merger 51 SECTION 9.1. Dissolution Upon Expiration Date....................................................51 SECTION 9.2.
Reorganization and Master/Feeder (a) Notwithstanding anything else herein, the Trustees may, in their sole discretion and without Shareholder approval unless such approval is required by the 1940 Act, (i) cause the Trust to convert or merge, reorganize or consolidate with or into one or more trusts, partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, corporations or other business entities (or a series of any of the foregoing to the extent permitted by law) (including trusts, partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, corporations or other business entities created by the Trustees to accomplish such conversion, merger, reorganization or consolidation) so long as the surviving or resulting entity is an open-end management investment company under the 1940 Act, or is a series thereof, to the extent permitted by law, and that, in the case of any trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation or other business entity created by the Trustees to accomplish such conversion, merger, reorganization or consolidation, may (but need not) succeed to or assume the Trust’s registration under the 1940 Act and that, in any case, is formed, organized or existing under the laws of the United States or of a state, commonwealth, possession or colony of the United States, (ii) cause the Shares to be exchanged under or pursuant to any state or federal statute to the extent permitted by law, (iii) cause the Trust to incorporate under the laws of a state, commonwealth, possession or colony of the United States, (iv) sell or convey all or substantially all of the assets of the Trust or any Series or Class to another Series or Class of the Trust or to another trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation or other business entity (or a series of any of the foregoing to the extent permitted by law) (including a trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation or other business entity created by the Trustees to accomplish such sale and conveyance), organized under the laws of the United States or of any state, commonwealth, possession or colony of the United States so long as such trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation or other business entity is an open-end management investment company under the 1940 Act and, in the case of any trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation or other business entity created by the Trustees to accomplish such sale and conveyance, may (but need not) succeed to or assume the Trust’s registration under the 1940 Act, for adequate consideration as determined by the Trustees that may include the assumption of all outstanding obligations, taxes and other liabilities, accrued or contingent of the Trust or any affected Series or Class, and that may include Shares of such other Series or Class of the Trust or shares of beneficial interest, stock or other ownership interest of such trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation or other business entity (or series thereof) or (v) at any time sell or convert into money all or any part of the assets of the Trust or any Series or Class. Any certificate of merger, certificate of conversion or other applicable certificate may be signed by any one (1) Trustee and facsimile signatures conveyed by electronic or telecommunication means shall be valid.
(b) Pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3815(f) of the Delaware Act, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Declaration of Trust, an agreement of merger or consolidation approved by the Trustees in accordance with this Section 8.3 may effect any amendment to this Declaration of Trust or effect the adoption of a new governing instrument of the Trust if the Trust is the surviving or resulting entity in the merger or consolidation.
(c) Notwithstanding anything else herein, the Trustees may, in their sole discretion and without Shareholder approval unless such approval is required by the 1940 Act, invest all or a portion of the Trust Property or the Trust Property of any Series, or dispose of all or a portion of the Trust Property or the Trust Property of any Series, and invest the proceeds of such disposition in interests issued by one or more other investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. Any such other investment company may (but need not) be a trust (formed under the laws of the State of Delaware or any other state or jurisdiction) (or subtrust thereof) which is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. Notwithstanding anything else herein, the Trustees may, without Shareholder approval unless such approval is required by the 1940 Act, cause the Trust or any Series that is organized in the master/feeder fund structure to withdraw or redeem its Trust Property from the master fund and cause the Trust or such Series to invest its Trust Property directly in securities and other financial instruments or in another master fund.
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 Treatment Neither the Company nor any Company Subsidiary has taken or agreed to take any action that would prevent the Merger from constituting a reorganization qualifying under the provisions of Section 368(a) of the Code.
Tax-Free Reorganization Treatment The Company and Parent shall not, and shall not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, intentionally take or cause to be taken any action not otherwise consistent with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement which could reasonably be expected to prevent the Merger from qualifying as a "reorganization" within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.
Adjustment for Merger or Reorganization, etc Subject to the provisions of Subsection 3.3, if there shall occur any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger involving the Corporation in which the Common Stock (but not the Preferred Stock) is converted into or exchanged for securities, cash or other property (other than a transaction covered by Subsections 5.4, 5.6 or 5.7), then, following any such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger, each share of Preferred Stock not so converted shall thereafter be convertible in lieu of the Common Stock into which it was convertible prior to such event into the kind and amount of securities, cash or other property which a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock of the Corporation issuable upon conversion of one share of such Preferred Stock immediately prior to such reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, consolidation or merger would have been entitled to receive pursuant to such transaction; and, in such case, appropriate adjustment (as determined in good faith by the Board) shall be made in the application of the provisions in this Section 5 with respect to the rights and interests thereafter of the holders of Preferred Stock, to the end that the provisions set forth in this Section 5 (including provisions with respect to changes in and other adjustments of the applicable Conversion Price) shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to any securities or other property thereafter deliverable upon the conversion of such Preferred Stock.
DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER 49 Section 9.1. Dissolution upon Expiration Date......................................................49 Section 9.2.
Section 368 Reorganization For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Share Exchange is intended to constitute a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(B) of the Code. The parties to this Agreement hereby adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) of the United States Treasury Regulations. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that no party is making any representation or warranty as to the qualification of the Share Exchange as a reorganization under Section 368 of the Code or as to the effect, if any, that any transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date has or may have on any such reorganization status. The parties acknowledge and agree that each (i) has had the opportunity to obtain independent legal and tax advice with respect to the transaction contemplated by this Agreement, and (ii) is responsible for paying its own Taxes, including without limitation, any adverse Tax consequences that may result if the transaction contemplated by this Agreement is not determined to qualify as a reorganization under Section 368 of the Code.
Continuation of the Business of the Partnership After Dissolution Upon (a) dissolution of the Partnership following an Event of Withdrawal caused by the withdrawal or removal of the General Partner as provided in Section 11.1(a)(i) or (iii) and the failure of the Partners to select a successor to such Departing General Partner pursuant to Section 11.1 or Section 11.2, then, to the maximum extent permitted by law, within 90 days thereafter, or (b) dissolution of the Partnership upon an event constituting an Event of Withdrawal as defined in Section 11.1(a)(iv), (v) or (vi), then, to the maximum extent permitted by law, within 180 days thereafter, the holders of a Unit Majority may elect to continue the business of the Partnership on the same terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement by appointing as a successor General Partner a Person approved by the holders of a Unit Majority. Unless such an election is made within the applicable time period as set forth above, the Partnership shall conduct only activities necessary to wind up its affairs. If such an election is so made, then:
(i) the Partnership shall continue without dissolution unless earlier dissolved in accordance with this Article XII;
(ii) if the successor General Partner is not the former General Partner, then the interest of the former General Partner shall be treated in the manner provided in Section 11.3; and
(iii) the successor General Partner shall be admitted to the Partnership as General Partner, effective as of the Event of Withdrawal, by agreeing in writing to be bound by this Agreement; provided, however, that the right of the holders of a Unit Majority to approve a successor General Partner and to continue the business of the Partnership shall not exist and may not be exercised unless the Partnership has received an Opinion of Counsel that (x) the exercise of the right would not result in the loss of limited liability of any Limited Partner under the Delaware Act and (y) neither the Partnership nor any Group Member would be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or otherwise be taxable as an entity for federal income tax purposes upon the exercise of such right to continue (to the extent not already so treated or taxed).
