DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION AND MERGER 49 Section 9.1. Dissolution upon Expiration Date......................................................49 Section 9.2.
Dissolution of Company (a) The Company shall be dissolved, wound up and terminated as provided herein upon the first to occur of the following: (i) a decree of dissolution of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 18-802 of the Act; (ii) the occurrence of any other event that would make it unlawful for the business of the Company to be continued; or (iii) the written consent of each Member. Except as expressly provided herein or as otherwise required by the Act, the Members shall have no power to dissolve the Company. (b) In the event of the dissolution of the Company for any reason, the Manager or any liquidating agent or committee appointed by the Manager upon reasonable arms length transaction terms shall act as a liquidating agent (such liquidating agent or committee, in such capacity, is hereinafter referred to as the “Liquidator”) and shall commence to wind up the affairs of the Company and to liquidate the Company assets. The Members shall continue to share all income, losses and distributions during the period of liquidation in accordance with Articles 4 and 5. The Liquidator shall have reasonable discretion to determine the time, manner and terms of any sale or sales of Company assets pursuant to such liquidation, giving due regard to the activity and condition of the relevant market and general financial and economic conditions. (c) The Liquidator shall have all of the rights and powers with respect to the assets and liabilities of the Company in connection with the liquidation and termination of the Company that the Manager would have with respect to the assets and liabilities of the Company during the term of the Company, and the Liquidator is hereby expressly authorized and empowered to execute any and all documents necessary or desirable to effectuate the liquidation and termination of the Company and the transfer of any Company assets. (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Liquidator which is not a Member shall not be deemed a Member and shall not have any of the economic interests in the Company of a Member; and such Liquidator shall be compensated for its services to the Company at normal, customary and competitive rates for its services to the Company, as reasonably determined by the Manager.
Dissolution and Winding Up The Company shall dissolve and its business and affairs shall be wound up pursuant to a written instrument executed by the Member. In such event, after satisfying creditors, all remaining assets shall be distributed to the Member.
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.
Dissolution and Winding Up of the Company Dissolution. The Company will be dissolved on the happening of any of the following events: Sale, transfer, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the property of the Company; The agreement of all of the Members; By operation of law; or The death, incompetence, expulsion, or bankruptcy of a Member, or the occurrence of any event that terminates the continued membership of a Member in the Company, unless there are then remaining at least the minimum number of Members required by law and all of the remaining Members, within 120 days after the date of the event, elect to continue the business of the Company.
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.
Dissolution, etc Wind up, liquidate or dissolve (voluntarily or involuntarily) or commence or suffer any proceedings seeking any such winding up, liquidation or dissolution, except in connection with a merger or consolidation permitted pursuant to Section 10.8.
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.
Dissolution of the Partnership The General Partner may dissolve the Partnership prior to the expiration of its term at any time on not less than 60 days’ notice of the dissolution date given to the other Partners. Upon the dissolution of the Partnership, the Partners’ respective interests in the Partnership shall be valued and settled in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 6.5.
Merger, Consolidation and Sale of Assets Not Liquidation For purposes of this Section 4, the merger or consolidation of the Issuer with any other corporation or other entity, including a merger or consolidation in which the holders of Designated Preferred Stock receive cash, securities or other property for their shares, or the sale, lease or exchange (for cash, securities or other property) of all or substantially all of the assets of the Issuer, shall not constitute a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer.