Mergers, Acquisition, Sales, etc The Servicer will not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless the Servicer is the surviving entity and unless:
(i) the Servicer has delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser Agent an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that any consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such supplemental agreement comply with this Section 5.5 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with and, in the case of the Opinion of Counsel, that such supplemental agreement is legal, valid and binding with respect to the Servicer and such other matters as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request;
(ii) the Servicer shall have delivered notice of such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer to the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser Agent;
(iii) after giving effect thereto, no Termination Event or Servicer Default or event that with notice or lapse of time would constitute either a Termination Event or a Servicer Default shall have occurred; and
(iv) the Administrative Agent and each Purchaser Agent have consented in writing to such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer.
Acquisition Transactions The Company shall provide the holder of this Warrant with at least twenty (20) days’ written notice prior to closing thereof of the terms and conditions of any of the following transactions (to the extent the Company has notice thereof): (i) the sale, lease, exchange, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the Company’s property or business, or (ii) its merger into or consolidation with any other corporation (other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company), or any transaction (including a merger or other reorganization) or series of related transactions, in which more than 50% of the voting power of the Company is disposed of.
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Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, etc The Borrower will not be a party to any merger or consolidation, or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or any stock of any class of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other Person, or, sell, transfer, convey or lease all or any substantial part of its assets, or sell or assign with or without recourse any Loan, Contracts, Related Security or other Collateral or any interest therein (other than pursuant to and in accordance with the Transaction Documents).
Securities Transactions The Subadviser and any affiliated person of the Subadviser will not purchase securities or other instruments from or sell securities or other instruments to the Fund; provided, however, the Subadviser or any affiliated person of the Subadviser may purchase securities or other instruments from or sell securities or other instruments to the Fund if such transaction is permissible under applicable laws and regulations, including, without limitation, the 1940 Act and the Advisers Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The Subadviser, on its own behalf and with respect to its Access Persons (as defined in subsection (e) of Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act), agrees to observe and comply with Rule 17j-1 and its Code of Ethics (which shall comply in all material respects with Rule 17j-1), as the same may be amended from time to time. On at least an annual basis, the Subadviser will comply with the reporting requirements of Rule 17j-1, which may include either (i) certifying to the Adviser that the Subadviser and its Access Persons have complied with the Subadviser’s Code of Ethics with respect to the Subadviser Assets or (ii) identifying any violations which have occurred with respect to the Subadviser Assets. The Subadviser will have also submitted its Code of Ethics for its initial approval by the Board of Trustees no later than the date of execution of this agreement and subsequently within six months of any material change thereto.
Agency Cross Transactions From time to time, the Advisor or brokers or dealers affiliated with it may find themselves in a position to buy for certain of their brokerage clients (each an "Account") securities which the Advisor's investment advisory clients wish to sell, and to sell for certain of their brokerage clients securities which advisory clients wish to buy. Where one of the parties is an advisory client, the Advisor or the affiliated broker or dealer cannot participate in this type of transaction (known as a cross transaction) on behalf of an advisory client and retain commissions from one or both parties to the transaction without the advisory client's consent. This is because in a situation where the Advisor is making the investment decision (as opposed to a brokerage client who makes his own investment decisions), and the Advisor or an affiliate is receiving commissions from both sides of the transaction, there is a potential conflicting division of loyalties and responsibilities on the Advisor's part regarding the advisory client. The Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted a rule under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, which permits the Advisor or its affiliates to participate on behalf of an Account in agency cross transactions if the advisory client has given written consent in advance. By execution of this Agreement, the Trust authorizes the Advisor or its affiliates to participate in agency cross transactions involving an Account. The Trust may revoke its consent at any time by written notice to the Advisor.
Consolidation, Merger, Purchase or Sale of Assets, etc The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, wind up, liquidate or dissolve any of their affairs or enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of any of its properties or assets (or, with respect to any such transaction involving all or substantially all of the assets of the Borrower, enter into an agreement to do any of the foregoing at any future time without the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent unless the effectiveness of such agreement is conditional upon the consent of the Administrative Agent), or enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction, except that:
(a) Restricted Payments may be made to the extent permitted by Section 8.4;
(b) Investments may be made to the extent permitted by Section 8.7;
(c) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may lease (as lessor) real or personal property in the ordinary course of business other than to a Receivables Subsidiary;
(d) each of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make sales or transfers of inventory, Cash, Cash Equivalents and Foreign Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business other than to a Receivables Subsidiary;
(e) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell or discount, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, Accounts Receivable arising in the ordinary course of business (x) which are overdue, or (y) which the Borrower or such Subsidiary may reasonably determine are difficult to collect but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with customary industry practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of receivables);
(f) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may license its patents, trade secrets, know-how and other intellectual property relating to the manufacture of chemical products and by-products (the “Technology”) provided that such license shall be assignable to the Administrative Agent or any assignee of the Administrative Agent without the consent of the licensee and no such license shall (i) transfer ownership of such Technology to any other Person or (ii) require the Borrower to pay any fees for any such use (such licenses permitted by this Section 8.3(f), hereafter “Permitted Technology Licenses”);
(g) any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) may be merged or consolidated (x) with or into the Borrower so long as the Borrower is the surviving entity, (y) with or into any one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary, Airstar Corporation, Huntsman Headquarters Corporation or IRIC); provided, however, that a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary or Subsidiaries shall be the surviving entity or (z) with or into any Person in connection with the consummation of an Acquisition; provided, however, that after giving effect to such merger or consolidation the surviving Subsidiary shall be a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary;
(h) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any asset in connection with any Sale and Leaseback Transaction involving Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations or an Operating Financing Lease otherwise permitted hereunder;
(i) in any Fiscal Year, the Borrower or any Subsidiary may dispose of any of its assets (including in connection with Sale and Leaseback Transactions not involving Indebtedness, Capitalized Lease Obligations or an Operating Financing Lease) if the aggregate net book value (at the time of disposition thereof) of all assets disposed of by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in such Fiscal Year pursuant to this clause (i) plus the aggregate net book value of all the assets then proposed to be disposed of does not exceed 12.5% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter for which the Borrower has delivered financial statements as required by Section 7.1; provided, however, that if (A) concurrently with any disposition of assets or within 360 days of receipt of proceeds in connection with such disposition, all or a portion of an amount equal to the net proceeds of such disposition are used by the Borrower or a Subsidiary to acquire other property used or to be used in the business referred to in Section 8.9 and (B) the Borrower or such Subsidiary has complied with the provisions of Section 7.11 with respect to such property, then such dispositions (or, to the extent that less than all of the net proceeds of any such disposition are used to acquire such other property, then dispositions in an amount equal to the net proceeds used to acquire such other property) shall be disregarded for purposes of calculations pursuant to this Section 8.3(i) (and shall otherwise be deemed to be permitted under this Section 8.3) from and after the date such proceeds are so used to acquire such property with respect to the acquisition of such other property;
(j) the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets to the Borrower or any other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than (I) from the Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary to a Foreign Subsidiary or (II) to a Receivables Subsidiary);
(k) any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than a Receivables Subsidiary) may voluntarily liquidate, wind-up or dissolve;
(l) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may, directly or indirectly, sell, contribute and make other transfers of Receivables Facility Assets to a Receivables Subsidiary and such Receivables Subsidiary may sell and make other transfers of Receivables Facility Assets to the Issuer, in each case pursuant to the Receivables Documents under a Permitted Accounts Receivables Securitization;
(m) Foreign Subsidiaries may enter into Foreign Factoring Transactions; and
(n) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may consummate the US Commodity Business Sale provided that not less than 75% of the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom are used within 90 days to (i) repay Senior Secured Notes (2010); (ii) repay Senior Notes (2012); (iii) repay Receivables Facility Attributed Indebtedness and/or (iv) make a voluntary prepayment of Term Loans pursuant to Section 4.3.
Fund/SERV Transactions If the parties choose to use the National Securities Clearing Corporation’s Mutual Fund Settlement, Entry and Registration Verification (“Fund/SERV”) or any other NSCC service, the following provisions shall apply: The Company and the Fund or its designee will each be bound by the rules of the National Securities Clearing Corporation (“NSCC”) and the terms of any NSCC agreement filed by it or its designee with the NSCC. Without limiting the generality of the following provisions of this section, the Company and the Fund or its designee will each perform any and all duties, functions, procedures and responsibilities assigned to it and as otherwise established by the NSCC applicable to Fund/SERV, the Mutual Fund Profile Service, the Networking Matrix Level utilized and any other relevant NSCC service or system (collectively, the “NSCC Systems”). Any information transmitted through the NSCC Systems by any party or its designee to the other or its designee and pursuant to this Agreement will be accurate, complete, and in the format prescribed by the NSCC. Each party or its designee will adopt, implement and maintain procedures reasonably designed to ensure the accuracy of all transmissions through the NSCC Systems and to limit the access to, and the inputting of data into, the NSCC Systems to persons specifically authorized by such party. On each day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading and on which the Fund calculates its net asset value pursuant to the rules of the SEC (“Business Day”), the Company shall aggregate and calculate the net purchase and redemption orders for each Account received by the Company by the close of the New York Stock Exchange (generally, 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time) (the “Close of Trading”) on the Business Day. The Company shall communicate to the Fund or its designee for that Business Day, by Fund/SERV, the net aggregate purchase or redemption orders (if any) for each Account received by the Close of Trading on such Business Day (the “Trade Date”) no later than 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time (or such other time as may be agreed by the parties from time to time) (the “Fund/SERV Transactions Deadline”) on the Business Day following the Trade Date. All such aggregated orders communicated to the Fund or its designee by the Fund/SERV Transactions Deadline on the Business Day following the Trade Date shall be treated by the Fund or its designee as if received prior to the Close of Trading on the Trade Date. All orders received by the Company after the Close of Trading on a Business Day shall not be aggregated with Orders received by the Company prior to the Close of Trading on such Business Day and shall be communicated to BRIL or its designee as part of an aggregated order no sooner than after the FUND/SERV Transactions Deadline or such other time as may be agreed by the parties from time to time) the following Business Day. Cash settlement shall be transmitted pursuant to the normal NSCC settlement process. In the case of delayed settlement, the Fund or its designee shall make arrangements for the settlement of redemptions by wire no later than the time permitted for settlement of redemption orders by the 1940 Act. Unless otherwise informed in writing, such redemption wires should be sent to an account specified by the Company and agreed to by Fund Parties.
Portfolio Transactions The Manager is authorized to select the brokers or dealers that will execute the purchases and sales of portfolio securities for the Portfolio and is directed to use its best efforts to obtain the best available prices and most favorable executions, except as prescribed herein. It is understood that the Manager will not be deemed to have acted unlawfully, or to have breached a fiduciary duty to the Fund or to the Portfolio, or be in breach of any obligation owing to the Fund or to the Portfolio under this Agreement, or otherwise, solely by reason of its having caused the Portfolio to pay a member of a securities exchange, a broker, or a dealer a commission for effecting a securities transaction for the Portfolio in excess of the amount of commission another member of an exchange, broker, or dealer would have charged if the Manager determines in good faith that the commission paid was reasonable in relation to the brokerage or research services provided by such member, broker, or dealer, viewed in terms of that particular transaction or the Manager’s overall responsibilities with respect to its accounts, including the Fund, as to which it exercises investment discretion. The Manager will promptly communicate to the officers and directors of the Fund such information relating to transactions for the Portfolio as they may reasonably request.
Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary of a Loan Party to, consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, lease or otherwise transfer all or any substantial part of its assets to, any other Person, or discontinue or eliminate any business line or segment, provided that (a) a Loan Party may merge with another Person if (i) such Person was organized under the laws of the United States of America or one of its states, (ii) the Loan Party is the corporation surviving such merger, (iii) immediately after giving effect to such merger, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (iv) if the Borrower merges with another Loan Party, the Borrower is the corporation surviving such merger, (b) Subsidiaries of a Loan Party (excluding Loan Parties) may merge with one another, (c) a Loan Party (other than the Borrower or an Eligible Guarantor) may transfer all or any part of its assets to another Loan Party, (d) a Loan Party may sell Inventory in the ordinary course of business and for fair value, and (e) the foregoing limitation on the sale, lease or other transfer of assets and on the discontinuation or elimination of a business line or segment shall not prohibit, during any Fiscal Quarter, a transfer of assets or the discontinuance or elimination of a business line or segment (in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions) unless the aggregate assets to be so transferred or utilized in a business line or segment to be so discontinued, when combined with all other assets transferred (excluding assets transferred under Sections 5.17(d)), and all other assets utilized in all other business lines or segments discontinued, during such Fiscal Quarter and the immediately preceding three Fiscal Quarters have a fair market value or book value whichever is greater (determined with respect to each such asset transferred or discontinued) of more than $20,000,000.
