Fundamental Changes; Asset Transfers. (a) The Borrower will not merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve; provided that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower may merge or consolidate with or into any Person in a transaction in which the surviving entity is (i) the Borrower or (ii) a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, which corporation shall expressly assume, by a written instrument in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, all the obligations of the Borrower under the Credit Documents. (b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, sell, transfer, lease, license or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, (i) assets representing all or substantially all the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole (other than to the Borrower or one or more Subsidiaries), (ii) assets representing all or substantially all the assets of the Borrower and the Domestic Subsidiaries taken as a whole (other than to the Borrower or one or more Subsidiary Guarantors), (iii) Intellectual Property material to the conduct of business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole (other than (A) grants of outbound licenses of such Intellectual Property that are either (1) non-exclusive or (2) exclusive for limited purposes, and that in either case do not materially detract from the value of the affected asset in the hands of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or require the Borrower or any Subsidiary to obtain any license of or other right to use such Intellectual Property from the licensee in order to continue to conduct such business, (B) in connection with the extension of the business or operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries into any foreign country in which their business and operations on the date hereof are not material to the business and operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, grants of outbound licenses of such Intellectual Property that are exclusive with respect to such country and (C) grants to one or more Foreign Subsidiaries for international tax planning purposes of outbound licenses of such Intellectual Property that are exclusive with respect to one or more foreign countries, provided that (x) each such Foreign Subsidiary shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary, (y) neither any such Foreign Subsidiary nor any other Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor and that owns directly or indirectly any Equity Interest in any such Foreign Subsidiary shall be liable for (and the Borrower agrees that no such Subsidiary shall, after the grant of any such license, create, incur, assume or permit to exist) any Indebtedness (other than (1) such license if it is deemed to be a Capital Lease Obligation or (2) Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(b), provided that Indebtedness owed to Disqualified Subsidiary Lenders by all such Subsidiaries shall not at any time exceed $500,000,000 in the aggregate; or (3) Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(f)) and (z) such licenses do not materially detract from the value of the affected asset or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole), and (iv) any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof (other than (A) the sale or discount of accounts receivable more than 90 days overdue in connection with the collection or compromise thereof (but not as part of a securitization or other financing transaction), (B) the sale of accounts receivable or the transfer of any income or revenues by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to the Credit Parties or by the Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (C) the sale of accounts receivable or the transfer of any income or revenues by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries as part of the sale of a Subsidiary or line of business not otherwise prohibited hereby).
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Samples: Credit Agreement, Credit Agreement (Facebook Inc), Bridge Loan Agreement (Facebook Inc)
Fundamental Changes; Asset Transfers. (a) The Borrower will not merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve; provided that, if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower may merge or consolidate with or into any Person in a transaction in which the surviving entity is (i) the Borrower or (ii) a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, which corporation shall expressly assume, by a written instrument in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, all the obligations of the Borrower under the Credit Documents.
(b) The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, sell, transfer, lease, license or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, (i) assets representing all or substantially all the assets of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole (other than to the Borrower or one or more Subsidiaries), (ii) assets representing all or substantially all the assets of the Borrower and the Domestic Subsidiaries taken as a whole (other than to the Borrower or one or more Subsidiary Guarantors), (iii) Intellectual Property material to the conduct of business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole (other than (A) grants of outbound licenses of such Intellectual Property that are either (1) non-exclusive or (2) exclusive for limited purposes, and that in either case do not materially detract from the value of the affected asset in the hands of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries, or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or require the Borrower or any Subsidiary to obtain any license of or other right to use such Intellectual Property from the licensee in order to continue to conduct such business, (B) in connection with the extension of the business or operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries into any foreign country in which their business and operations on the date hereof Original Closing Date are not material to the business and operations of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole, grants of outbound licenses of such Intellectual Property that are exclusive with respect to such country and (C) grants to one or more Foreign Subsidiaries for international tax planning purposes of outbound licenses of such Intellectual Property that are exclusive with respect to one or more foreign countries, provided that (x) each such Foreign Subsidiary shall be a wholly-owned Subsidiary, (y) neither any such Foreign Subsidiary nor any other Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor and that owns directly or indirectly any Equity Interest in any such Foreign Subsidiary shall be liable for (and the Borrower agrees that no such Subsidiary shall, after the grant of any such license, create, incur, assume or permit to exist) any Indebtedness (other than (1) such license if it is deemed to be a Capital Lease Obligation or (2) Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(b), provided that Indebtedness owed to Disqualified Subsidiary Lenders by all such Subsidiaries shall not at any time exceed $500,000,000 in the aggregate; or (3) Indebtedness permitted by Section 6.01(f)) and (z) such licenses do not materially detract from the value of the affected asset or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries taken as a whole), and (iv) any income or revenues (including accounts receivable) or rights in respect of any thereof (other than (A) the sale or discount of accounts receivable more than 90 days overdue in connection with the collection or compromise thereof (but not as part of a securitization or other financing transaction), (B) the sale of accounts receivable or the transfer of any income or revenues by the Borrower and the Subsidiaries to the Credit Parties or by the Subsidiaries that are not Credit Parties to the Borrower and the Subsidiaries and (C) the sale of accounts receivable or the transfer of any income or revenues by the Borrower or its Subsidiaries as part of the sale of a Subsidiary or line of business not otherwise prohibited hereby).
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Samples: Term Loan Agreement (Facebook Inc)