Prohibition of Assignment This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by Consultant without the prior written consent of the Company. Any assignment of rights or delegation of duties or obligations hereunder made without such prior written consent shall be void and of no effect.
Assignment of Assets Subject to Sections 1.1 and 1.2, Assignor does hereby grant, assign, bargain, sell and transfer to Assignee, its successors and assigns, in trust, for the benefit of all the Assignor’s creditors generally, all of the property and assets of Assignor of every kind and nature wherever situated, whether in possession, reversion, remainder or expectancy, both real and personal, and any interest or equity therein not exempt from the enforcement of a money judgment, including, without limitation, all inventory, merchandise, goods, furniture, fixtures, machinery, equipment, raw materials, work in process, accounts, general intangibles, intellectual property, deposits, books, records, fixtures, cash on hand, bank accounts, tax refunds, all choses in action, insurance policies and refunds and all other property of every kind and nature owned by Assignor, or in which Assignor has an interest (the “Assignment Estate”).
Special Power of Attorney (a) Each Partner irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the General Partner and each of the Directors, acting severally, and any liquidator of the Partnership’s assets appointed pursuant to Section 6.2 of this Agreement with full power of substitution, the true and lawful representatives and attorneys-in-fact of, and in the name, place and stead of, the Partner, with the power from time to time to make, execute, sign, acknowledge, swear to, verify, deliver, record, file and/or publish:
(1) any amendment to this Agreement;
(2) any amendment to the Certificate, including, without limitation, any such amendment required to reflect any amendments to this Agreement, and including, without limitation, an amendment to effectuate any change in the membership of the Partnership; and
(3) all other such instruments, documents and certificates that, in the view of legal counsel to the Partnership, from time to time may be required by the laws of the United States of America, the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction in which the General Partner determines that the Partnership should do business, or any political subdivision or agency of any such jurisdiction, or that legal counsel may deem necessary or appropriate to effectuate, implement and continue the valid existence and business of the Partnership as a limited partnership under the Delaware Act.
(b) Each Partner is aware that the terms of this Agreement permit certain amendments to this Agreement to be effected and certain other actions to be taken or omitted by or with respect to the Partnership without the Partner’s consent. Each Partner agrees that if an amendment to the Certificate or this Agreement or any action by or with respect to the Partnership is taken in the manner contemplated by this Agreement, notwithstanding any objection that the Partner may assert with respect to the action, the attorneys-in-fact appointed under this Agreement are authorized and empowered, with full power of substitution, to exercise the authority granted in this Section 8.2 in any manner that may be necessary or appropriate to permit the amendment to be made or action lawfully taken or omitted. Each Partner is fully aware that each Partner will rely on the effectiveness of this special power of attorney with a view to the orderly administration of the affairs of the Partnership.
(c) The power of attorney contemplated by this Section 8.2 is a special power of attorney and is coupled with an interest in favor of the General Partner and each of the Directors, acting severally, and any liquidator of the Partnership’s assets appointed under Section 6.2 of this Agreement, and as such the power of attorney:
(1) will be irrevocable and continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the subsequent death or incapacity of any Person granting the power of attorney, regardless of whether the Partnership, the General Partner, the Directors or any liquidator has had notice of the death or incapacity; and
(2) will survive the delivery of a Transfer by a Partner of the Partner’s Units, except that, when the transferee of Units has been approved by the General Partner for admission to the Partnership as a substituted Partner, the power of attorney given by the transferor will survive the delivery of the assignment for the sole purpose of enabling the General Partner, the Directors or any liquidator to execute, acknowledge and file any instrument necessary to effect the substitution.
Right of Assignment No consent shall be required pursuant to Clause 17.1 in the case of an assignment by a Party to an Affiliate provided that:
(a) the Affiliate is technically capable of performing the Party’s obligations under this Agreement; and
(b) the assigning Party shall not be relieved of any obligations that such Affiliate fails to perform.
Effect of Assignment Subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 9.6, as of the “Effective Date” specified in the applicable Assignment Agreement: (i) the assignee thereunder shall have the rights and obligations of a “Lender” hereunder to the extent such rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned to it pursuant to such Assignment Agreement and shall thereafter be a party hereto and a “Lender” for all purposes hereof; (ii) the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent that rights and obligations hereunder have been assigned thereby pursuant to such Assignment Agreement, relinquish its rights (other than any rights which survive the termination hereof under Section 9.8) and be released from its obligations hereunder (and, in the case of an Assignment Agreement covering all or the remaining portion of an assigning Lender’s rights and obligations hereunder, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto; provided, anything contained in any of the Credit Documents to the contrary notwithstanding, such assigning Lender shall continue to be entitled to the benefit of all indemnities hereunder as specified herein with respect to matters arising prior to the effective date of such assignment; (iii) the Revolving Commitments shall be modified to reflect the Revolving Commitment of such assignee and any Revolving Commitment of such assigning Lender, if any; and (iv) if any such assignment occurs after the issuance of any Revolving Note hereunder, the assigning Lender shall, upon the effectiveness of such assignment or as promptly thereafter as practicable, surrender its applicable Revolving Loan Notes to Administrative Agent for cancellation, and thereupon Company shall issue and deliver new Revolving Loan Notes, if so requested by the assignee and/or assigning Lender, to such assignee and/or to such assigning Lender, with appropriate insertions, to reflect the new Revolving Commitments and/or outstanding Revolving Loans of the assignee and/or the assigning Lender.
RELEASES AND WAIVERS Each of the releases and waivers enumerated in this Article 5 shall become effective only upon the Closing of the contribution and exchange of the Participating Entity Interests pursuant to Articles 1 and 2 herein.
Power of Attorney (a) Each Member hereby constitutes and appoints each of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the Secretary of the Company and, if a Liquidating Trustee shall have been selected pursuant to Section 6.2(a), the Liquidating Trustee (and any successor to the Liquidating Trustee by merger, transfer, assignment, election or otherwise) and each of their authorized officers and attorneys-in-fact, as the case may be, with full power of substitution, as his true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority in his name, place and sxxxx, to:
(i) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record in the appropriate public offices:
(A) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including this Agreement and the Certificate of Formation and all amendments or restatements hereof or thereof) that the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Secretary of the Company, or the Liquidating Trustee, determines to be necessary or appropriate to form, qualify or continue the existence or qualification of the Company as a limited liability company in the State of Delaware and in all other jurisdictions in which the Company may conduct business or own property;
(B) all certificates, documents and other instruments that the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer or Secretary of the Company, or the Liquidating Trustee, determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect, in accordance with its terms, any amendment, change, modification or restatement of this Agreement;
(C) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including conveyances and a certificate of cancellation) that the Board or the Liquidating Trustee determines to be necessary or appropriate to reflect the dissolution, liquidation and termination of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Agreement;
(D) all certificates, documents and other instruments relating to the admission, withdrawal, removal or substitution of any Member pursuant to, or other events described in, ARTICLE 2 or ARTICLE 3; and
(E) all certificates, documents and other instruments (including agreements and a certificate of merger) relating to a merger, consolidation or conversion of the Company; and
(ii) execute, swear to, acknowledge, deliver, file and record all ballots, consents, approvals, waivers, certificates, documents and other instruments that the Board or the Liquidating Trustee determines to be necessary or appropriate to (i) make, evidence, give, confirm or ratify any vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action that is made or given by the Members hereunder or is consistent with the terms of this Agreement or (ii) effectuate the terms or intent of this Agreement; provided, that when required by any provision of this Agreement that establishes a percentage of the Members or of the Members of any class or series required to take any action, the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Secretary of the Company, or the Liquidating Trustee, may exercise the power of attorney made in this Section 1.7(a)(ii) only after the necessary vote, consent, approval, agreement or other action of the Members or of the Members of such class or series, as applicable.
(b) Nothing contained in this Section 1.7 shall be construed as authorizing the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Secretary of the Company, or the Liquidating Trustee, to amend, change or modify this Agreement except in accordance with Section 8.2 or as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Agreement.
(c) The foregoing power of attorney is hereby declared to be irrevocable and a power coupled with an interest, and it shall survive and, to the maximum extent permitted by law, not be affected by the subsequent death, incompetency, disability, incapacity, dissolution, bankruptcy or termination of any Member and the Transfer of all or any portion of such Member’s Shares and shall extend to such Member’s heirs, successors, assigns and personal representatives. Each such Member hereby agrees to be bound by any representation made by the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Secretary of the Company, or the Liquidating Trustee, acting in good faith pursuant to such power of attorney; and each such Member, to the maximum extent permitted by law, hereby waives any and all defenses that may be available to contest, negate or disaffirm the action of the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Secretary of the Company, or the Liquidating Trustee, taken in good faith under such power of attorney in accordance with Section 1.7. Each Member shall execute and deliver to the Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer or Secretary of the Company, or the Liquidating Trustee, within 15 days after receipt of the request therefor, such further designation, powers of attorney and other instruments as any of such Officers or the Liquidating Trustee determines to be necessary or appropriate to effectuate this Agreement and the purposes of the Company.
Negative Pledges, Restrictive Agreements, etc Each of the Borrowers will not, and will not permit any of its respective Subsidiaries to, enter into any agreement (excluding (i) any restrictions existing under the Loan Documents or, in the case of clauses (a)(i) and (b), any other agreements in effect on the date hereof, (ii) in the case of clauses (a)(i) and (b), any restrictions with respect to a Subsidiary imposed pursuant to an agreement which has been entered into in connection with the sale or disposition of all or substantially all of the Capital Securities or assets of such Subsidiary pursuant to a transaction otherwise permitted hereby, (iii) in the case of clause (a), restrictions in respect of Indebtedness secured by Liens permitted by Section 7.2.3, but only to the extent such restrictions apply to the assets encumbered thereby, (iv) in the case of clause (a), restrictions under the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture or (v) any restrictions existing under any agreement that amends, refinances or replaces any agreement containing the restrictions referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above; provided, that the terms and conditions of any such agreement referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) are not materially less favorable to the Lenders or materially more restrictive to any Obligor a party thereto than those under the agreement so amended, refinanced or replaced) prohibiting
(a) the (i) creation or assumption of any Lien upon its properties, revenues or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or (ii) ability of WWI or any other Obligor to amend or otherwise modify this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or
(b) the ability of any Subsidiary to make any payments, directly or indirectly, to the Borrowers by way of dividends, advances, repayments of loans or advances, reimbursements of management and other intercompany charges, expenses and accruals or other returns on investments, or any other agreement or arrangement which restricts the ability of any such Subsidiary to make any payment, directly or indirectly, to the Borrowers.
Transfer of Assets On the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, each Seller shall sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase and acquire from each Seller, free and clear of all Security Interests, all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all assets used by such Seller in or relating to the Business (collectively, the “Acquired Assets”), including, without limitation, the following assets:
(i) except as otherwise described herein, all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all inventories, wherever located, of Business Products, including all finished goods, consigned goods, work-in-progress, raw materials, spare parts, packaging, accessories and all other materials and supplies to be used, consumed, sold, resold or distributed by such Seller, and all warranties and guarantees, if any, express or implied, by the manufacturers or Seller of any such item or component part thereof, rights of return, rebate rights, over-payment recovery rights and any other rights of such Seller relating to these items (collectively, the “Inventory”):
(ii) all machinery, equipment, tools, furniture, office equipment, computer hardware, supplies, materials, vehicles and other items of tangible personal property (other than the Inventory) used in or relating to the Business (other than the Excluded Assets) and all warranties and guarantees, if any, express or implied, rights of return, rebate rights, over-payment recovery rights and any other rights of such Seller relating to these items, in each case existing for the benefit of such Seller in connection therewith to the extent transferable (collectively, the “Personal Property”):
(iii) all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Designated Contracts;
(iv) all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all Business Intellectual Property;
(v) to the extent assignable, all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all Permits relating to the Business;
(vi) all other assets relating to existing customer relationships and all written materials, data and records relating to the Business (in whatever form or medium), including (A) client, customer, prospect, supplier, dealer and distributor lists and records, (B) information regarding referral sources, (C) product catalogs and brochures, (D) sales and marketing, advertising and promotional materials, (E) research and development materials, reports and records, (F) production reports and records, (G) equipment logs, (H) service, warranty and claim records, (I) records relating to the Inventory, (J) maintenance records and other documents relating to the Personal Property, (K) purchase orders and invoices, (L) sales orders and sales order log books, (M) material safety data sheets, (N) price lists, (O) quotations and bids, (P) operating guides and manuals, (Q) correspondence, (R) financial books, records, journals and ledgers, (S) product ideas and developments and (T) plans and specifications, plats, surveys, drawings, blueprints and photographs;
(vii) all other intangible rights and property of such Seller relating to the Business, including (A) going concern value, (B) the goodwill of such Seller relating to the Business as conducted by such Seller, (C) directory, telecopy names, numbers, addresses and listings, and all rights that such Seller may have to institute or maintain any action to protect the same and recover damages for any misappropriation or misuses thereof;
(viii) all insurance benefits, including rights under and proceeds from, insurance policies providing coverage for the Acquired Assets or such Seller relating to the Business, where such rights, benefits and proceeds relate to events occurring prior to the Closing;
(ix) all rights with respect to deposits, prepaid expenses, claims for refunds and rights to offset related to the Business (excluding rights relating to the prior payment of Taxes) and interest payable with respect to any of the foregoing;
(x) all claims (including claims for past infringement or misappropriation of Business Intellectual Property or rights related thereto included in the Acquired Assets) and causes of action of such Seller relating to the Business against any other Person, whether or not such claims and causes of action have been asserted, and all rights of indemnity, warranty rights, rights of contribution, rights to refunds, rights of reimbursement and other rights of recovery of such Seller (regardless of whether such rights are currently exercisable) relating to the Acquired Assets;
(xi) all leasehold interests in the HK Leased Property, including all improvements and fixtures thereon and all rights and easements appurtenant thereto;
(xii) all leasehold or other contractual interests in the California Warehouse Property;
(xiii) all leasehold interests in the Arizona Leased Property, including all improvements and fixtures thereon and all rights and easements appurtenant thereto; and
(xiv) all accounts receivable of such Seller of any kind.
Rights of Assignee The Assignee of a Membership Interest shall be entitled to receive distributions and profits and losses attributable to the Membership Interest in the Company, but in no event shall the Assignee have the right to participate in, or interfere with, the management or administration of the Company’s business or affairs or become a substitute Member unless permitted to do so by a unanimous vote of the other Members.
