Early Termination of Agreement Breach of Agreement. (a) The Corporate Taxpayer may terminate this Agreement with respect to (i) all amounts payable to the TRA Parties and with respect to all of the Units held by the TRA Parties (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all Vested Profits Units) at any time by paying to each TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party or (ii) the amount payable to any individual TRA Party having a Unit Percentage of less than 5% by paying to any such individual TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party; provided, however, that this Agreement shall only terminate upon the receipt of the Early Termination Payment by all TRA Parties, and provided, further, that the Corporate Taxpayer may withdraw any notice to execute its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a) prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paid. Upon payment of the Early Termination Payment in respect of each TRA Party by the Corporate Taxpayer the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than for any (a) Tax Benefit Payments due and payable and that remain unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (b) Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amount described in clause (b) is included in the Early Termination Payment). If an Exchange occurs after the Corporate Taxpayer makes all of the required Early Termination Payments, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and one or more TRA Parties from negotiating a termination of the TRA Parties’ rights under this Agreement for a payment that is different than the Early Termination Payment (an “Alternative Early Termination Payment”). In addition, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative from negotiating an Alternative Early Termination Payment that would be binding on all TRA Parties. (b) In the event that the Corporate Taxpayer (1) breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment when due, failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise or (2)(A) shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (i) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate a bankruptcy or insolvency, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts or (ii) seeking an appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or it shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (B) there shall be commenced against the Corporate Taxpayer any case, proceeding or other action of the nature referred to in clause (A) above that remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of sixty (60) calendar days, all obligations hereunder shall be automatically accelerated and shall be immediately due and payable, and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach and shall include, but not be limited to, (x) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a breach, (y) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of a breach, and (z) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of a breach; provided, that procedures similar to the procedures of Section 4.2 shall apply with respect to the determination of the amount payable by the Corporate Taxpayer pursuant to this sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Corporate Taxpayer breaches this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each TRA Party shall be entitled to elect to receive the amounts set forth in clauses (x), (y) and (z) above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof. The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a breach of a material obligation of this Agreement if the Corporate Taxpayer fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer has insufficient funds to make such payment; provided, that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient funds to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by any Senior Obligations, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate). (c) In the event of a Change of Control, then all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such Change of Control and utilizing the Valuation Assumptions by substituting in each case the terms “the closing date of a Change of Control” in each place where the phrase “Early Termination Date” appears. Such obligations shall include (1) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if the Early Termination Date is the date of such Change of Control, (2) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of such Change of Control, and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for any Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the date of such Change of Control (except to the extent any amounts described in clause (2) or (3) are included in the Early Termination Payment). For the avoidance of doubt, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 shall apply to a Change of Control, mutatis mutandis.
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Samples: Tax Receivable Agreement (Weber Inc.), Tax Receivable Agreement (Weber Inc.)
Early Termination of Agreement Breach of Agreement. (a) The Within 30 calendar days after a Change of Control described in clause (i) or (iii)(y) of the definition of “Change of Control” has occurred, or at any time after December 31, 2018 (whether or not such a Change of Control has occurred), the Corporate Taxpayer may terminate this Agreement with respect to (i) all amounts payable to the TRA Parties and with respect to all of the Units held by the TRA Parties (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all Vested Profits Units) Stockholders at any time by paying to each TRA Party Stockholder the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party or (ii) the amount payable to any individual TRA Party having a Unit Percentage of less than 5% by paying to any such individual TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA PartyStockholder; provided, however, that this Agreement shall only terminate upon the receipt of the Early Termination Payment by all TRA Partiesof the Stockholders, and provided, further, that the Corporate Taxpayer may withdraw any notice to execute its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a) prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paid. Upon payment of the Early Termination Payment in respect of each TRA Party Stockholder by the Corporate Taxpayer Taxpayer, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than for any (ai) Tax Benefit Payments Payment due and payable and that remain remains unpaid as of the date the Early Termination Notice is delivered and (bii) Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amount described in this clause (bii) is included in the Early Termination Payment). If an Exchange occurs after the Corporate Taxpayer makes all of terminates this Agreement and, at the required Early Termination PaymentsDate, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange. For the avoidance of doubtany Relevant Stock Options remain outstanding, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and one or more TRA Parties from negotiating a termination of the TRA Parties’ rights under this Agreement for a payment that is different than the Early Termination Payment shall be calculated by utilizing the Valuation Assumptions, substituting the terms “the sum of (an “Alternative x) the Applicable Premium for the Early Termination Payment”). In addition, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent Effective Date multiplied by the Corporate Taxpayer and Market Value of the TRA Party Representative from negotiating an Alternative Common Stock as of the Early Termination Payment that would be binding on all TRA PartiesDate and (y) the Market Value of the Common Stock as of the Early Termination Date” for “the Market Value of the Common Stock as of the Early Termination Date.”
(b) In the event that (1) the Corporate Taxpayer (1) breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment when due, due or failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of (2) (A) the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise or (2)(A) Corporate Taxpayer shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (i) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankruptcy bankrupt or insolvencyinsolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts or (ii) seeking an appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or it shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (B) there shall be commenced against the Corporate Taxpayer any case, proceeding or other action of the nature referred to in clause (A) above that remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of sixty (60) calendar 60 days, all obligations hereunder shall be (subject in the case of clause (1) of this Section 4.1(b) to the final proviso to this sentence) automatically accelerated and shall be immediately due and payable, and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach and shall include, but not be limited to, (x) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a breach, (y) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of a breach, and (z) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of a breach; provided, provided that procedures similar to the procedures of Section 4.2 shall apply with respect to the determination of the amount payable by the Corporate Taxpayer pursuant to this sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing; provided, further, that in the event that of a breach described in clause (1) of this Section 4.1(b), (I) the obligations of the Corporate Taxpayer breaches hereunder shall not be so accelerated (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such obligations shall not be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach) unless the Stockholder Representative provides notice to the Corporate Taxpayer that it has elected to so accelerate such obligations and (II) if the Stockholder Representative does not provide the notice described in clause (I), the obligations of the Corporate Taxpayer hereunder shall nevertheless continue in full force and effect. In the event of a material breach of the obligations of the Corporate Taxpayer under this Agreement (other than as a result of any case, proceeding or other action described in clause (B) of the preceding sentence), the Stockholder Representative shall be required to give written notice to the Corporate Taxpayer of such breach and so long as such breach is cured within five Business Days of the delivery of such notice to the Corporate Taxpayer, the Corporate Taxpayer shall no longer be deemed to be in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each TRA Party shall be entitled to elect to receive the amounts set forth in clauses (x), (y) and (z) above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof. The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a breach of a material obligation of this Agreement if the Corporate Taxpayer fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer has insufficient funds to make such paymentpayment in the Corporate Taxpayer’s sole judgment exercised in good faith; provided, provided that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient funds cash to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by existing credit agreements to which it or any Senior Obligationsits Subsidiaries is a party, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate).
(c) In the event of a Change of Control, then the Corporate Taxpayer shall notify the Stockholder Representative that such a Change of Control has occurred and, at the Stockholder Representative’s election, all obligations hereunder shall with respect to any Relevant Stock Options that have become vested prior to (or in connection with) such Change of Control may be accelerated and accelerated, in which case such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such Change of Control and utilizing the Valuation Assumptions by substituting in each case the terms “the closing date of a Change of Control” in each place where the phrase “Early Termination Date” appears. Such obligations shall include (1) the Early Termination Payments calculated with respect to such Relevant Stock Options as if the Early Termination Date is the date of such Change of Control, (2) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of such Change of Control, and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party Stockholder due for any the Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the date of such Change of Control (except to Control. In the extent event of a Change of Control, any amounts Early Termination Payment described in clause the preceding sentence shall be calculated by utilizing the Valuation Assumptions, (2a) substituting the terms “date of a Change of Control” for an “Early Termination Date,” and (b) if the Change of Control is described in clauses (i) or (3iii) are included of the definition of “Change of Control,” substituting the terms “the fair market value of the consideration paid for the Common Stock, as reasonably determined by the Stockholder Representative, in the event giving rise to the Change of Control” for the “the Market Value of the Common Stock as of the Early Termination Date.” Any Relevant Stock Options with respect to which a payment has been made pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 4.1(c) shall be excluded in calculating any future Tax Benefit Payments or Early Termination Payment), and this Agreement shall have no further application to such Relevant Stock Options. For In the avoidance event that the Stockholder Representative does not make an election pursuant to the first sentence of doubt, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 shall apply this Section 4.1(c) with respect to a Change of Control, mutatis mutandis(1) the obligations of the Corporate Taxpayer (including to make payments with respect to subsequent Taxable Years pursuant to Section 3.1) and the rights of the Stockholders under this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect, except that, for purposes of calculating the Realized Tax Benefit for any Taxable Year ending after the occurrence of such Change of Control, the Corporate Taxpayer shall be treated as having taxable income sufficient to fully utilize any Option Deductions arising during such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years in which any Option Deductions would become available, and (2) the Stockholder Representative shall have the right to make the election described in the first sentence of this Section 4.1(c) with respect to any subsequent Change of Control.
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Samples: Tax Receivable Agreement (American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc.), Tax Receivable Agreement (American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc.)
Early Termination of Agreement Breach of Agreement. (a) The Corporate Taxpayer may terminate this Agreement with respect to (i) all amounts payable to the TRA Parties and with respect to all of the Units held by the TRA Parties (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all Vested Profits Units) at any time by paying to each TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party or (ii) the amount payable to any individual TRA Party having a Unit Percentage of less than 5% by paying to any such individual TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party; provided, however, that this Agreement shall only terminate upon the receipt of the Early Termination Payment by all TRA Parties, and provided, further, that the Corporate Taxpayer may withdraw any notice to execute its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a) prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paid. Upon payment of the Early Termination Payment in respect of each TRA Party by the Corporate Taxpayer Taxpayer, none of the TRA Parties or the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no any further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than for any (a) Tax Benefit Payments due and payable and that remain unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (b) Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amount described in clause (b) is included in the Early Termination Payment). If an Exchange occurs after the Corporate Taxpayer makes all of the required Early Termination Payments, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and one or more TRA Parties from negotiating a termination of the TRA Parties’ rights under this Agreement for a payment that is different than the Early Termination Payment (an “Alternative Early Termination Payment”). In addition, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative from negotiating an Alternative Early Termination Payment that would be binding on all TRA Parties.
(b) In the event that the Corporate Taxpayer (1) materially breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment when due, failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise or (2)(A) shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (i) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate a bankruptcy or insolvency, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts or (ii) seeking an appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or it shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (B) there shall be commenced against the Corporate Taxpayer any case, proceeding or other action of the nature referred to in clause (A) above that remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of sixty (60) calendar days, all obligations hereunder shall be automatically accelerated and shall be immediately due and payable, and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach and shall include, but not be limited to, (x1) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a breach, (y2) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of a breach, and (z3) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of a breach; provided, provided that procedures similar to the procedures of Section 4.2 shall apply with respect to the determination of the amount payable by the Corporate Taxpayer pursuant to this sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoingforegoing (other than as set forth in subsection (2) above), in the event that the Corporate Taxpayer breaches this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each TRA Party shall be entitled to elect to receive the amounts set forth in clauses (x1), (y2) and (z3) above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof. The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a material breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a material breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a material breach of a material obligation of this Agreement if the Corporate Taxpayer fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer has insufficient funds to make such payment; provided, (i) the Corporate Taxpayer has used reasonable efforts to obtain such funds and (ii) that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient funds to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by any Senior Obligations, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate); provided further, for the avoidance of doubt, the last sentence of this Section 4.1(b) shall not apply to any payments due pursuant to the acceleration upon a Change of Control contemplated by Section 4.1(c).
(c) In The Corporate Taxpayer shall provide written notice to the event TRA Party Representatives thirty (30) days in advance of the closing of any Change of Control, and each TRA Party Representative shall have the option, upon written notice to the Corporate Taxpayer (“Opt-Out Notice”) within twenty (20) days thereafter, to cause its respective TRA Parties to continue as TRA Parties under this Agreement after such Change of Control, in which case each such TRA Party will not be entitled to receive the amounts set forth in the remainder of this Section 4.1(c), and Valuation Assumptions (1), (2), and (4) (substituting in each case the terms “date of a Change of Control” for an “Early Termination Date”) shall apply to Tax Benefit Payments to each such TRA Party following the closing of such Change of Control. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing sentence in this Section 4.1(c), then if an Opt-Out Notice is not timely provided with respect to a TRA Party, all obligations hereunder shall will be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such Change of Control and utilizing the Valuation Assumptions by substituting in each case the terms “the closing date of a Change of Control” in each place where the phrase “Early Termination Date” appears. Such obligations shall include (1) the Early Termination Payments calculated with respect to such TRA Parties as if the Early Termination Date is the date of such Change of Control, (2) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of such Change of Control, and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for any the Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the date of such Change of Control Control. If an Opt-Out Notice is not timely provided with respect to a TRA Party, (except i) such TRA Party shall be entitled to receive the extent any amounts described set forth in clause clauses (1), (2) or and (3) are included of the preceding sentence, (ii) any Early Termination Payment described in the Early Termination Payment). For preceding sentence shall be calculated utilizing the avoidance Valuation Assumptions, substituting in each case the terms “date of doubt, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 shall apply to a Change of Control” for an “Early Termination Date,” and (iii) Section 4.2 and Section 4.3 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, with respect to payments to such TRA Party upon the Change of Control.
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Samples: Tax Receivable Agreement (Dutch Bros Inc.), Tax Receivable Agreement (Dutch Bros Inc.)
Early Termination of Agreement Breach of Agreement. (a) The Corporate Taxpayer may terminate this Agreement with respect to (i) all amounts payable to the TRA Parties and the Continuing Common A Owners Representative and with respect to all of the Units held by the TRA Parties (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all Vested Profits Units) at any time by paying to each TRA Party and the Continuing Common A Owners Representative the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party or (ii) the amount payable to any individual TRA Party having a Unit Percentage of less than 5% by paying to any such individual TRA Party Continuing Common A Owners Representative, as the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Partycase may be; provided, however, that this Agreement shall only terminate upon the receipt of the Early Termination Payment by all TRA PartiesParties and the Continuing Common A Owners Representative, and provided, further, that the Corporate Taxpayer may withdraw any notice to execute its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a) prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paid. Upon payment of the Early Termination Payment in respect of each TRA Party by the Corporate Taxpayer Taxpayer, none of the TRA Parties, the Continuing Common A Owners Representative or the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no any further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than for any (a1) Tax Benefit Payments Payment or Blocker Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remain remains unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice, (2) Tax Benefit Payment or Blocker Tax Benefit Payment that is the subject of an Objection Notice, which will be payable in accordance with resolution of the issues identified in such Objection Notice pursuant to this Agreement and (b3) Tax Benefit Payment or Blocker Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amount described in clause (b2) or clause (3) is included in the Early Termination Payment). If an Exchange occurs after the Corporate Taxpayer makes all of the required Early Termination Payments, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and one or more TRA Parties from negotiating a termination of the TRA Parties’ rights under this Agreement for a payment that is different than the Early Termination Payment (an “Alternative Early Termination Payment”). In addition, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative from negotiating an Alternative Early Termination Payment that would be binding on all TRA Parties.
(b) In the event that there occurs a Change in Control or the Corporate Taxpayer (1) breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment when due, failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code or otherwise or (2)(A2) (A) shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (i) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankruptcy bankrupt or insolvencyinsolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts or (ii) seeking an appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or it shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (B) there shall be commenced against the Corporate Taxpayer any case, proceeding or other action of the nature referred to in clause (A) above that remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of sixty (60) calendar days, all obligations hereunder shall be automatically accelerated and shall be immediately due and payable, and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach Change in Control or breach, as applicable, and shall include, but not be limited to, (xI) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a such Change in Control or breach, as applicable, (yII) any Tax Benefit Payment or Blocker Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of a such Change in Control or breach, as applicable, (III) any Tax Benefit Payment or Blocker Tax Benefit Payment that is the subject of an Objection Notice, which will be payable in accordance with resolution of the issues identified in such Objection Notice pursuant to this Agreement and (zIV) any Tax Benefit Payment or Blocker Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party or the Continuing Common A Owners Representative due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of a such Change in Control or breach, as applicable; provided, provided that procedures similar to the procedures of Section 4.2 shall apply with respect to the determination of the amount payable by the Corporate Taxpayer pursuant to this sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoingforegoing (other than as set forth in subsection (2) above), in the event that there occurs a Change in Control or the Corporate Taxpayer breaches its material obligations under this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each TRA Party and the Continuing Common A Owners Representative shall be entitled to elect to receive the amounts set forth in clauses (xI), (yII), (III) and (zIV) above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof. The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a breach of a material obligation of this Agreement if the Corporate Taxpayer fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer has insufficient funds to make such paymentpayment in the Corporate Taxpayer’s sole judgment exercised in good faith; provided, provided that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient funds cash to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by existing credit agreements to which OpCo or any Senior Obligationsof its Subsidiaries is a party, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate).
(c) In the event of a Change of Control, then all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such Change of Control and utilizing the Valuation Assumptions by substituting in each case the terms “the closing date of a Change of Control” in each place where the phrase “Early Termination Date” appears. Such obligations shall include (1) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if the Early Termination Date is the date of such Change of Control, (2) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of such Change of Control, and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for any Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the date of such Change of Control (except to the extent any amounts described in clause (2) or (3) are included in the Early Termination Payment). For the avoidance of doubt, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 shall apply to a Change of Control, mutatis mutandis.
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Early Termination of Agreement Breach of Agreement. (a) The Corporate Taxpayer PubCo may terminate this Agreement with respect to (i) all amounts payable to the TRA Parties and with respect to all of the Units held by the TRA Parties (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all Vested Profits Units) at any time by simultaneously paying to each TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party or (ii) the amount payable to any individual TRA Party having a Unit Percentage of less than 5% by paying to any such individual TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party; provided, however, that this Agreement shall only terminate upon the receipt of the Early Termination Payment by all TRA Parties, and provided, further, that the Corporate Taxpayer PubCo may withdraw any notice to execute its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a) prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paid. Upon payment of the Early Termination Payment in respect of each TRA Party by the Corporate Taxpayer the Corporate Taxpayer PubCo, PubCo shall have no further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than for any (a) Tax Benefit Payments due and payable and that remain unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (b) Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amount described in clause (b) is included in the Early Termination Payment). If an Exchange occurs after the Corporate Taxpayer PubCo makes all of the required Early Termination Payments, the Corporate Taxpayer PubCo shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and one or more TRA Parties from negotiating a termination of the TRA Parties’ rights under this Agreement for a payment that is different than the Early Termination Payment (an “Alternative Early Termination Payment”). In addition, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative from negotiating an Alternative Early Termination Payment that would be binding on all TRA Parties.
(b) In the event that the Corporate Taxpayer (1) PubCo breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment when due, failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise or (2)(A) the Corporate Taxpayer shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (i) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate a bankruptcy or insolvency, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, WEIL:\98062175\19\68083.0004 adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts or (ii) seeking an appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or it shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (B) there shall be commenced against the Corporate Taxpayer any case, proceeding or other action of the nature referred to in clause (A) above that remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of sixty (60) calendar days, all obligations hereunder shall be automatically accelerated and shall be immediately due and payable, and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach and shall include, but not be limited to, (x) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a such breach, (y) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of a such breach, and (z) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of a such breach; provided, that procedures similar to the procedures of Section 4.2 shall apply with respect to the determination of the amount payable by the Corporate Taxpayer PubCo pursuant to this sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Corporate Taxpayer PubCo breaches this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each TRA Party shall be entitled to elect to receive the amounts set forth in clauses (x), (y) and (z) above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof. The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a breach of a material obligation of this Agreement if the Corporate Taxpayer fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer has insufficient funds to make such payment; provided, that (i) PubCo has used reasonable efforts to obtain such funds and (ii) the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient funds to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by any Senior Obligations, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate)payment.
(c) In the event of a Change of Control, then all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such Change of Control and utilizing the Valuation Assumptions by substituting in each case the terms “the closing date of a Change of Control” in each place where the phrase “Early Termination Date” appears. Such obligations shall include (1) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if the Early Termination Date is the date of such Change of Control, (2) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of such Change of Control, and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for any Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the date of such Change of Control (except to the extent any amounts described in clause (2) or (3) are included in the Early Termination Payment). For the avoidance of doubt, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 shall apply to a Change of Control, mutatis mutandis.
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Early Termination of Agreement Breach of Agreement. (a) The Within 30 calendar days after a Change of Control described in clause (i) or (iii)(y) of the definition of “Change of Control” has occurred, or at any time after June 30, 2018 (whether or not such a Change of Control has occurred), the Corporate Taxpayer may terminate this Agreement with respect to (i) all amounts payable to the TRA Parties and with respect to all of the Units held by the TRA Parties (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all Vested Profits Units) Stockholders at any time by paying to each TRA Party Stockholder the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party or (ii) the amount payable to any individual TRA Party having a Unit Percentage of less than 5% by paying to any such individual TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA PartyStockholder; provided, however, that this Agreement shall only terminate upon the receipt of the Early Termination Payment by all TRA Partiesof the Stockholders, and provided, further, that the Corporate Taxpayer may withdraw any notice to execute its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a) prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paid. Upon payment of the Early Termination Payment in respect of each TRA Party Stockholder by the Corporate Taxpayer Taxpayer, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than for any (ai) Tax Benefit Payments Payment due and payable and that remain remains unpaid as of the date the Early Termination Notice is delivered and (bii) Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amount described in this clause (bii) is included in the Early Termination Payment). If an Exchange occurs after the Corporate Taxpayer makes all of terminates this Agreement and, at the required Early Termination PaymentsDate, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange. For the avoidance of doubtany Relevant Stock Options remain outstanding, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and one or more TRA Parties from negotiating a termination of the TRA Parties’ rights under this Agreement for a payment that is different than the Early Termination Payment shall be calculated by utilizing the Valuation Assumptions, substituting the terms “the sum of (an “Alternative x) the Applicable Premium for the Early Termination Payment”). In addition, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent Effective Date multiplied by the Corporate Taxpayer and Market Value of the TRA Party Representative from negotiating an Alternative Common Stock as of the Early Termination Payment that would be binding on all TRA PartiesDate and (y) the Market Value of the Common Stock as of the Early Termination Date” for “the Market Value of the Common Stock as of the Early Termination Date.”
(b) In the event that (1) the Corporate Taxpayer (1) breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment when due, due or failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of (2) (A) the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise or (2)(A) Corporate Taxpayer shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (i) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankruptcy bankrupt or insolvencyinsolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts or (ii) seeking an appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or it shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (B) there shall be commenced against the Corporate Taxpayer any case, proceeding or other action of the nature referred to in clause (A) above that remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of sixty (60) calendar 60 days, all obligations hereunder shall be (subject in the case of clause (1) of this Section 4.1(b) to the final proviso to this sentence) automatically accelerated and shall be immediately due and payable, and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach and shall include, but not be limited to, (x) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a breach, (y) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of a breach, and (z) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of a breach; provided, provided that procedures similar to the procedures of Section 4.2 shall apply with respect to the determination of the amount payable by the Corporate Taxpayer pursuant to this sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing; provided, further, that in the event that of a breach described in clause (1) of this Section 4.1(b), (I) the obligations of the Corporate Taxpayer breaches hereunder shall not be so accelerated (and, for the avoidance of doubt, such obligations shall not be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach) unless the Stockholder Representative provides notice to the Corporate Taxpayer that it has elected to so accelerate such obligations and (II) if the Stockholder Representative does not provide the notice described in clause (I), the obligations of the Corporate Taxpayer hereunder shall nevertheless continue in full force and effect. In the event of a material breach of the obligations of the Corporate Taxpayer under this Agreement (other than as a result of any case, proceeding or other action described in clause (B) of the preceding sentence), the Stockholder Representative shall be required to give written notice to the Corporate Taxpayer of such breach and so long as such breach is cured within five Business Days of the delivery of such notice to the Corporate Taxpayer, the Corporate Taxpayer shall no longer be deemed to be in material breach of its obligations under this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each TRA Party shall be entitled to elect to receive the amounts set forth in clauses (x), (y) and (z) above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof. The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a breach of a material obligation of this Agreement if the Corporate Taxpayer fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer has insufficient funds to make such paymentpayment in the Corporate Taxpayer’s sole judgment exercised in good faith; provided, provided that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient funds cash to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by existing credit agreements to which it or any Senior Obligationsits Subsidiaries is a party, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate).
(c) In the event of a Change of Control, then the Corporate Taxpayer shall notify the Stockholder Representative that such a Change of Control has occurred and, at the Stockholder Representative’s election, all obligations hereunder shall with respect to any Relevant Stock Options that have become vested prior to (or in connection with) such Change of Control may be accelerated and accelerated, in which case such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such Change of Control and utilizing the Valuation Assumptions by substituting in each case the terms “the closing date of a Change of Control” in each place where the phrase “Early Termination Date” appears. Such obligations shall include (1) the Early Termination Payments calculated with respect to such Relevant Stock Options as if the Early Termination Date is the date of such Change of Control, (2) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of such Change of Control, and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party Stockholder due for any the Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the date of such Change of Control (except to Control. In the extent event of a Change of Control, any amounts Early Termination Payment described in clause the preceding sentence shall be calculated by utilizing the Valuation Assumptions, (2a) substituting the terms “date of a Change of Control” for an “Early Termination Date,” and (b) if the Change of Control is described in clauses (i) or (3iii) are included of the definition of “Change of Control,” substituting the terms “the fair market value of the consideration paid for the Common Stock, as reasonably determined by the Stockholder Representative, in the event giving rise to the Change of Control” for the “the Market Value of the Common Stock as of the Early Termination Date.” Any Relevant Stock Options with respect to which a payment has been made pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 4.1(c) shall be excluded in calculating any future Tax Benefit Payments or Early Termination Payment), and this Agreement shall have no further application to such Relevant Stock Options. For In the avoidance event that the Stockholder Representative does not make an election pursuant to the first sentence of doubt, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 shall apply this Section 4.1(c) with respect to a Change of Control, mutatis mutandis(1) the obligations of the Corporate Taxpayer (including to make payments with respect to subsequent Taxable Years pursuant to Section 3.1) and the rights of the Stockholders under this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect, except that, for purposes of calculating the Realized Tax Benefit for any Taxable Year ending after the occurrence of such Change of Control, the Corporate Taxpayer shall be treated as having taxable income sufficient to fully utilize any Option Deductions arising during such Taxable Year or future Taxable Years in which any Option Deductions would become available, and (2) the Stockholder Representative shall have the right to make the election described in the first sentence of this Section 4.1(c) with respect to any subsequent Change of Control.
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Samples: Tax Receivable Agreement (American Renal Associates Holdings, Inc.)
Early Termination of Agreement Breach of Agreement. (a) The Corporate Taxpayer PubCo may terminate this Agreement with respect to (i) all amounts payable to the TRA Parties and with respect to all of the Units held by the TRA Parties (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all Vested Profits Units) at any time by simultaneously paying to each TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party or (ii) the amount payable to any individual TRA Party having a Unit Percentage of less than 5% by paying to any such individual TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party; provided, however, that this Agreement shall only terminate upon the receipt of the Early Termination Payment by all TRA Parties, and provided, further, that the Corporate Taxpayer PubCo may withdraw any notice to execute its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a) prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paid. Upon payment of the Early Termination Payment in respect of each TRA Party by the Corporate Taxpayer the Corporate Taxpayer PubCo, PubCo shall have no further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than for any (a) Tax Benefit Payments due and payable and that remain unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (b) Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amount described in clause (b) is included in the Early Termination Payment). If an Exchange occurs after the Corporate Taxpayer PubCo makes all of the required Early Termination Payments, the Corporate Taxpayer PubCo shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and one or more TRA Parties from negotiating a termination of the TRA Parties’ rights under this Agreement for a payment that is different than the Early Termination Payment (an “Alternative Early Termination Payment”). In addition, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative from negotiating an Alternative Early Termination Payment that would be binding on all TRA Parties.
(b) In the event that the Corporate Taxpayer (1) PubCo breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment when due, failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise or (2)(A) the Corporate Taxpayer shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (i) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate a bankruptcy or insolvency, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts or (ii) seeking an appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or it shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (B) there shall be commenced against the Corporate Taxpayer any case, proceeding or other action of the nature referred to in clause (A) above that remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of sixty (60) calendar days, all obligations hereunder shall be automatically accelerated and shall be immediately due and payable, and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach and shall include, but not be limited to, (x) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a such breach, (y) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of a such breach, and (z) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of a such breach; provided, that procedures similar to the procedures of Section 4.2 shall apply with respect to the determination of the amount payable by the Corporate Taxpayer PubCo pursuant to this sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Corporate Taxpayer PubCo breaches this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each TRA Party shall be entitled to elect to receive the amounts set forth in clauses (x), (y) and (z) above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof. The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a breach of a material obligation of this Agreement if the Corporate Taxpayer fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer has insufficient funds to make such payment; provided, that (i) PubCo has used reasonable efforts to obtain such funds and (ii) the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient funds to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by any Senior Obligations, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate)payment.
(c) In the event of a Change of Control, then all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such Change of Control and utilizing the Valuation Assumptions by substituting in each case the terms “the closing date of a Change of Control” in each place where the phrase “Early Termination Date” appears. Such obligations shall include (1) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if the Early Termination Date is the date of such Change of Control, (2) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of such Change of Control, and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for any Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the date of such Change of Control (except to the extent any amounts described in clause (2) or (3) are included in the Early Termination Payment). For the avoidance of doubt, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 shall apply to a Change of Control, mutatis mutandis.
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Early Termination of Agreement Breach of Agreement. (a) The Corporate Taxpayer may terminate this Agreement with respect to (i) all amounts payable to the TRA Parties and with respect to all of the Units held by the TRA Parties (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all Vested Profits Units) at any time by paying to each TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party or (ii) the amount payable to any individual TRA Party having a Unit Percentage of less than 5% by paying to any such individual TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party; Party; provided, however, that this Agreement shall only terminate upon the receipt of the Early Termination Payment by all TRA Parties, and provided, further, that the Corporate Taxpayer may withdraw any notice to execute its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a) prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paid. Upon payment of the Early Termination Payment in respect of each TRA Party by the Corporate Taxpayer the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than for any (a) Tax Benefit Payments due and payable and that remain unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (b) Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amount described in clause (b) is included in the Early Termination Payment). If an Exchange occurs after the Corporate Taxpayer makes all of the required Early Termination Payments, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and one or more TRA Parties from negotiating a termination of the TRA Parties’ rights under this Agreement for a payment that is different than the Early Termination Payment (an “Alternative Early Termination Payment”). In addition, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative from negotiating an Alternative Early Termination Payment that would be binding on all TRA Parties.
(b) In the event that the Corporate Taxpayer (1) breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment when due, failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise or (2)(A) shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (i) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate a bankruptcy or insolvency, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts or (ii) seeking an appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or it shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (B) there shall be commenced against the Corporate Taxpayer any case, proceeding or other action of the nature referred to in clause (A) above that remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of sixty (60) calendar days, unless otherwise waived or directed in writing by the TRA Party Representative, all obligations hereunder shall be automatically accelerated and shall be immediately due and payable, and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach and shall include, but not be limited to, (x) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a breach, (y) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of a breach, and (z) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of a breach; breach; provided, that procedures similar to the procedures of Section 4.2 shall apply with respect to the determination of the amount payable by the Corporate Taxpayer pursuant to this sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Corporate Taxpayer breaches this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each TRA Party shall be entitled to elect to receive the amounts set forth in clauses (x), (y) and (z) above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof. The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a breach of a material obligation of this Agreement if the Corporate Taxpayer fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer has insufficient funds to make such payment; payment; provided, that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient funds to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by any Senior Obligations, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate).
(c) In the event of a Change of Control, then unless otherwise waived in writing by the TRA Party Representative, all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such Change of Control and utilizing the Valuation Assumptions by substituting in each case the terms “the closing date of a Change of Control” in each place where the phrase “Early Termination Date” appears. Such obligations shall include (1) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if the Early Termination Date is the date of such Change of Control, (2) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of such Change of Control, and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for any Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the date of such Change of Control (except to the extent any amounts described in clause (2) or (3) are included in the Early Termination Payment). For the avoidance of doubt, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 shall apply to a Change of Control, mutatis mutandis.
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Samples: Tax Receivable Agreement (European Wax Center, Inc.)
Early Termination of Agreement Breach of Agreement. (a) The Corporate Taxpayer may terminate this Agreement with respect to (i) all amounts payable to the TRA Parties Holder and with respect to all of the Units held by the TRA Parties (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all Vested Profits Units) Holder at any time by paying to each the TRA Party Holder the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party or (ii) the amount payable to any individual TRA Party having a Unit Percentage of less than 5% by paying to any such individual TRA Party the Early Termination Payment in respect of such TRA Party; provided, however, that this Agreement shall only terminate upon the receipt of the Early Termination Payment by all TRA Parties, and provided, further, that the Corporate Taxpayer may withdraw any notice to execute its termination rights under this Section 4.1(a) prior to the time at which any Early Termination Payment has been paidPayment. Upon payment of the Early Termination Payment in respect of each TRA Party by the Corporate Taxpayer the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no further payment obligations under this Agreement, other than for any (a) Tax Benefit Payments due and payable and that remain unpaid as of the Early Termination Notice and (b) Tax Benefit Payment due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of the Early Termination Notice (except to the extent that the amount described in clause (b) is included in the Early Termination Payment). If an Exchange occurs after the Corporate Taxpayer makes all of the required Early Termination Payments, the Corporate Taxpayer shall have no obligations under this Agreement with respect to such Exchange. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and one or more TRA Parties from negotiating a termination of the TRA Parties’ rights under this Agreement for a payment that is different than the Early Termination Payment (an “Alternative Early Termination Payment”). In addition, this Section 4.1(a) shall not prevent the Corporate Taxpayer and the TRA Party Representative from negotiating an Alternative Early Termination Payment that would be binding on all TRA Parties.
(b) In the event that the Corporate Taxpayer (1) breaches any of its material obligations under this Agreement, whether as a result of failure to make any payment when due, failure to honor any other material obligation required hereunder or by operation of law as a result of the rejection of this Agreement in a case commenced under the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, unless otherwise waived or (2)(A) shall commence any case, proceeding or other action (i) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate a bankruptcy or insolvency, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts or (ii) seeking an appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or it shall make a general assignment for directed in writing by the benefit of creditors or (B) there shall be commenced against the Corporate Taxpayer any case, proceeding or other action of the nature referred to in clause (A) above that remains undismissed or undischarged for a period of sixty (60) calendar daysTRA Holder, all obligations hereunder shall be automatically accelerated and shall be immediately due and payable, and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such breach and shall include, but not be limited to, (x) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of a breach, (y) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of a breach, and (z) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for the Taxable Year ending with or including the date of a breach; breach (except to the extent that the amount described in clauses (y) and (z) are included in the Early Termination Payment); provided, that procedures similar to the procedures of Section 4.2 shall apply with respect to the determination of the amount payable by the Corporate Taxpayer pursuant to this sentence. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that the Corporate Taxpayer breaches this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each the TRA Party shall be entitled to elect to receive the amounts set forth in clauses (x), (y) and (z) above or to seek specific performance of the terms hereof. The parties agree that the failure to make any payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due shall be deemed to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement, and that it will not be considered to be a breach of a material obligation under this Agreement to make a payment due pursuant to this Agreement within three (3) months of the date such payment is due. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it shall not be a breach of a material obligation of this Agreement if the Corporate Taxpayer fails to make any Tax Benefit Payment when due to the extent that the Corporate Taxpayer has insufficient funds to make such payment; payment; provided, that the interest provisions of Section 5.2 shall apply to such late payment (unless the Corporate Taxpayer does not have sufficient funds to make such payment as a result of limitations imposed by any Senior Obligations, in which case Section 5.2 shall apply, but the Default Rate shall be replaced by the Agreed Rate).
(c) In the event of a Change of Control, then unless otherwise waived in writing by the TRA Holder, all obligations hereunder shall be accelerated and such obligations shall be calculated as if an Early Termination Notice had been delivered on the date of such Change of Control and utilizing the Valuation Assumptions by substituting in each case the terms “the closing date of a Change of Control” in each place where the phrase “Early Termination Date” appears. Such obligations shall include (1) the Early Termination Payments calculated as if the Early Termination Date is the date of such Change of Control, (2) any Tax Benefit Payment due and payable and that remains unpaid as of the date of such Change of Control, and (3) any Tax Benefit Payment in respect of any TRA Party due for any Taxable Year ending prior to, with or including the date of such Change of Control (except to the extent any amounts described in clause (2) or (3) are included in the Early Termination Payment). For the avoidance of doubt, Sections 4.2 and 4.3 shall apply to a Change of Control, mutatis mutandis.
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Samples: Tax Receivable Agreement (Redbox Entertainment Inc.)