Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless: (i) Parent or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of; (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either: (1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility; (2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or (3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2). (b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph. (c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt. (d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.
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Samples: Indenture (Asap Software Express Inc), Indenture (Asap Software Express Inc), Indenture (Buhrmann Nederland B.V.)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unless:
(i) Parent the Company or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to not less than the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofsubject to such Asset Sale;
(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from for such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of (A) cash or Cash Equivalents and Equivalents, (B) liabilities of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees) that are assumed by the transferee of such assets (provided, that following such Asset Sale there is received no further recourse to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such liabilities), or (C) fixed assets or property that, in the good faith judgement of the Managers, at the time of such dispositionAsset Sale will be used in a Related Business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 270 days of such Asset Sale as set forth (or within 30 days in Section 4.13(a) (such the case of an Asset Sale or series of related Asset Sales with Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”Proceeds of $15,000,000 or more), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”thereof are (A) in the case of an Asset Sale or series of related Asset Sales with Net Proceeds of less than $15,000,000, invested in fixed assets or property that, in the good faith judgment of the Managers, at the time of such Asset Sale will be used in a Related Business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, (B) applied to repay Indebtedness under Purchase Money Obligations incurred in connection with the asset so sold, (C) applied to repay Indebtedness under the Credit Facility and permanently reduce the commitment thereunder in the amount of the Indebtedness so repaid or (D) to the extent not used as provided in clauses (A), (B), or (C) applied to make an offer to purchase Notes as described below (a “an "Excess Proceeds Offer"); provided, that the Company will not be required to make an Excess Proceeds Offer until the amount of Excess Proceeds is greater than $5,000,000. The foregoing provisions in (i) or (ii) above shall not apply to an Event of Loss. Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under the Credit Facility or temporarily invest such Net Proceeds Offer”in Cash Equivalents. Net Proceeds not invested or applied as set forth in subclause (A), with a copy (B) or (C) of clause (iii) above constitute "Excess Proceeds." If the Company elects, or becomes obligated to make an Excess Proceeds Offer, the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up Issuers shall offer to a maximum purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsExcess Proceeds (the "Purchase Amount"), at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the purchase date. The Issuers must consummate such Excess Proceeds Offer not later than 30 days after the expiration of the 270 day period following the Asset Sale that produced such Excess Proceeds. If the aggregate purchase price for the Notes tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may use the portion of the Excess Proceeds remaining after payment of such purchase price for general corporate purposes. Each Excess Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days and no longer, unless a longer period is required by law (the "Excess Proceeds Offer Period"). Promptly after the termination of the Excess Proceeds Offer Period (the "Excess Proceeds Payment Date"), the Issuers shall purchase and mail or deliver payment for the Purchase Amount for the Notes or portions thereof tendered, pro rata or by such other method as may be required by law, or, if less than the Purchase Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Issuers shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.10 by virtue thereof. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create or suffer to exist or become effective any restriction that would impair the ability of the Issuers to make an Excess Proceeds Offer upon an Asset Sale or, if such Excess Proceeds Offer is made, to pay for the Notes tendered for purchase. The Issuers shall, no later than 30 days following the expiration of the 12-month period following the Asset Sale that produced Excess Proceeds, commence the Excess Proceeds Offer by mailing to the Trustee and each Holder, at such Holder's last registered address, a notice, which shall govern the terms of the Excess Proceeds Offer, and shall state:
(1) that the Excess Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.10, the principal amount of Notes which shall be accepted for payment and that all Notes validly tendered shall be accepted for payment on a pro rata basis;
(2) the purchase price and the date of purchase; provided, however, ;
(3) that any Notes not tendered or accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Excess Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal shall continue to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.accrue interest;
(c4) In that, unless the event that any other Indebtedness Issuers default in the payment of the Company that ranks pari passu purchase price with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsNotes tendered, Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer shall be required to surrender their Notes, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Issuers prior to the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(6) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Issuers receive, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the Company principal amount of Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued Notes representing the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in principal amount of $1,000 or whole multiples thereof; and
(8) the instructions that Holders must follow in order to tender their Notes. On or before the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, the Issuers shall (i) accept for payment on a pro rata basis the Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Notes or portions thereof so accepted and (iii) deliver to the Trustee the Notes so accepted, together with an Officers' Certificate stating that the Notes or portions thereof tendered to the Issuers are accepted for payment. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price of such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. The Issuers shall make a public announcement of the Net results of the Excess Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at as soon as practicable after the same time as Excess Proceeds Payment Date. For the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased4.10, the amount of Trustee shall act as the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds OfferPaying Agent.
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Samples: Indenture (Majestic Star Casino LLC), Indenture (Majestic Investor Capital Corp), Indenture (Majestic Investor Capital Corp)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unlessunless the following conditions are met:
(i1) Parent or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such The Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;is for Fair Market Value.
(ii2) at At least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from for such Asset Sale shall be in the form consists of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at closing. (For purposes of this clause (2), (x) the time assumption by the purchaser of (i) Debt or other obligations (other than contingent liabilities and Subordinated Debt) of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a customary novation agreement that releases the Company or such disposition; and
Restricted Subsidiary from any further liability, and (iiiii) upon instruments or securities received from the consummation purchaser that are promptly, but in any event within 90 days of an Asset Salethe closing, Parent shall apply, converted by the Company or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to applycash or Cash Equivalents, to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents actually so received, and (y) stock or assets of the kind referred to in clause (3)(B) of this Section 4.11, shall each be considered cash received at closing.)
(3) Within 12 months of the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:may be used
(1A) to prepay any Senior permanently repay (i) senior secured Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt of the Company or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were (and in the subject case of a revolving credit, permanently reduce the Asset Sale if commitment thereunder by such amount), that is senior in respect of liens to the Notes, (ii) Debt of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and, in that makes an Asset Sale with the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject proceeds of such Asset Sale, in each case owing to a Person other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and required to be prepaid from such Net Cash Proceeds, provided, that the Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor shall be applied only to repay Debt of the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary that is a Guarantor and (iii) Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary ranking pari passu in respect of liens with the Notes so long as a ratable repayment offer shall be made to the holders of the Notes, or
(B) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person that will thereupon becomes a Restricted Subsidiary, to make capital expenditures or otherwise acquire assets to be used or useful in the business of Parent and its the Company or any Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on Subsidiary; provided that if the Issue Date Company or any Restricted Subsidiary contracts to acquire assets to make capital expenditures with Net Cash Proceeds within the applicable 12-month period it shall be deemed to have so applied such Net Cash Proceeds in businesses reasonably related thereto or accordance with this subclause (yB) Capital Stock if such Net Cash Proceeds are so applied within 24 months of the applicable Asset Sale.
(4) The Net Cash Proceeds of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of Asset Sale under this Section 4.11(a) not applied pursuant to clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) of this Section 4.11(a) within the periods specified constitute “Excess Proceeds”. Excess Proceeds of less than $15,000,000 will be carried forward and accumulated. When accumulated Excess Proceeds equals or exceeds $15,000,000, the Company must, within 30 days thereafter, make an Offer to Purchase to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Debt that ranks pari passu with, or senior to, the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redemption with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other Debt that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds on a combination pro rata basis. Upon completion of prepayment the Offer to Purchase under this Section 4.11(a), Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero, and investment permitted any Excess Proceeds remaining after consummation of the Offer to Purchase may be used for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2)this Indenture.
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a The purchase price in cash equal to for the Notes for any offer under Section 4.11(a) will be 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that . If the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are to Purchase is for less than all of the outstanding Notes and Notes in an aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the principal amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required the purchase amount are tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to this paragraphthe offer, the Company will purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the purchase amount on a pro rata basis along with such other pari passu Debt with similar terms, with adjustments so that only Notes in multiples of $1.00 principal amount will be purchased.
(c) In Pending the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness final application of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make and any Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or otherwise invest the Net Cash Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase any manner that is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debtnot prohibited by this Indenture.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized All Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to from an Event of Loss shall be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”invested as set forth in Section 4.11(a)(3) and treated as Excess Proceeds under Section 4.11(a)(4) and applied as set forth therein, all within the denominator of which is periods and as otherwise provided in such clauses. The Company will comply with Rule 14e-1 under the sum of the Security Amount Exchange Act and all other applicable laws in making any Offer to Purchase, and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value above procedures will be deemed modified as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant necessary to a concurrent offer to purchase permit such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offercompliance.
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Samples: Indenture (Foster Wheeler Inc), Indenture (Foster Wheeler Inc), Indenture (Foster Wheeler LTD)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofof (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors);
(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Replacement Assets (as defined below) (or a combination thereof) and is received at the time of such disposition; provided that
(A) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Securities) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets;
(B) the fair market value of any securities or other assets received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for any such assets that are converted into cash within 180 days after such Asset Sale; and
(C) any of the assets described in clauses (iii)(B) and (C) shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1A) to prepay repay (i) any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of Obligations under the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, Credit Agreement and effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facilityCredit Agreement and (ii) in the case of an Asset Sale by a Restricted Subsidiary, Obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary;
(2B) to make an investment invest or commit to invest in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets (including Capital Stock) that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”);
(C) to acquire or commit to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or a majority of the voting Capital Stock of a Permitted Business; and/or
(3D) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) through (iii)(C); provided that in the case of a commitment under clauses (B) and (iii)(2)C) above made prior to the expiration of such 365-day period, such investment or acquisition shall be deemed to comply with this covenant if consummated within six months after such commitment.
(b) To the extent that all or part of When the Net Cash Proceeds of any from Asset Sale are Sales not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale or invested as set forth provided in Section 4.13(a) the preceding paragraph total $5.0 million or more (such Net Cash Proceedseach, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the a “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), the Company will, within 30 days, make an offer to purchase (a the “Net Proceeds Offer”)) to all Holders and, with a copy to the Trusteeextent required by the terms of any Pari Passu Debt, an offer to purchase to all holders of such Pari Passu Debt, on a date (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders (and holders of any Pari Passu Debt) on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities (and Pari Passu Debt) equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities (and Pari Passu Debt) to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Net Proceeds Offer Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than as contemplated by clause 2(b) above and other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, thereof shall be applied as required pursuant to in accordance with this paragraphcovenant.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Article V hereof, which transaction does not constitute a Change of Control, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this covenant with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company may apply the Unutilized or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount for purposes of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debtthis covenant.
(d) For purposes Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.13Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, “Security Portion Holders may elect to tender their Securities in whole or in part in a principal amount of Unutilized $[*] and integral multiples of $[*] in excess thereof in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Securities in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Securities of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 business days or such longer period as may be required by law. If any Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedProceeds remain after the consummation of any Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may use those Net Cash Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. Upon completion of each Net Proceeds Offer, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds will be reset at zero.
(e) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the product extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.05 or Section 3.03, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.05 or Section 3.03 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Third Supplemental Indenture (General Finance CORP), Second Supplemental Indenture (General Finance CORP), Second Supplemental Indenture (General Finance CORP)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consummate an Asset Sale (including Capital Stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries) unless:
(ia) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such the Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets or Capital Stock sold or otherwise disposed of;; and
(iib) at least 75% of the consideration received for the assets or Capital Stock sold by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such in the Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is and/or Property to be used in a Permitted Business (including Capital Stock of a Person engaged in a Permitted Business) received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, . The Company or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to applySubsidiary, as the case may be, must apply 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds relating to of any such Asset Sale within 365 days twenty four (24) months (or, if not so applied by such date, committed to be applied within twenty four (24) months of receipt the expiration of such preliminary twenty four (24) month period) thereof eitherto:
(1a) to prepay any repay Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject Company or Indebtedness of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”)Subsidiaries; and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).or
(b) invest in a Permitted Business (including expenditures for maintenance, repair or improvement of existing Properties and acquisitions of Capital Stock of Persons engaged in a Permitted Business); provided that the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, pending application of such Net Cash Proceeds in accordance with clause (a) or (b) above, may invest such Net Cash Proceeds in Cash Equivalents. To the extent that all or a part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied or committed to be applied within 365 days twenty four (24) months of such the Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”)described above, the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), will make an offer to purchase Notes (a the “Net Proceeds Asset Sale Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, to the date of purchase; providedpurchase (the “Asset Sale Offer Amount”). The Company will purchase pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer from all tendering Holders on a pro rata basis, and, at the Company’s option, on a pro rata basis with the Holders of any other Senior Indebtedness with similar provisions requiring the Company to offer to purchase the other Senior Indebtedness with the proceeds of Asset Sales, that principal amount (or accreted value in the case of Indebtedness issued with original issue discount) of Notes and the other Senior Indebtedness to be purchased equal to such unapplied Net Cash Proceeds. The Company may satisfy its obligations under this covenant with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer prior to the expiration of such preliminary twenty four (24) month period. The Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a period of not less than twenty (20) business days, or any longer period as may be required by law. The Company may, however, that the Net Proceeds defer an Asset Sale Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized amount of unapplied Net Cash Proceeds from one or more Asset Sales equal to or in excess of $20.0 U.S.$15.0 million. At that time, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 U.S.$15.0 million, shall will be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation covenant. Each notice of an Asset SaleSale Offer will be mailed first class, postage prepaid, to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within twenty (20) days following such preliminary twenty four (24) month period, with a copy to the Trustee offering to purchase the Notes as described above. Each notice of an Asset Sale Offer will state, among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than thirty (30) days nor later than sixty (60) days from the date the notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Asset Sale Offer Payment Date”). Upon receiving notice of an Asset Sale Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of U.S.$1,000 in exchange for cash. On the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, the Company may apply will, to the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Notes or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agents funds in an amount equal to the Asset Sale Offer Amount in respect of all Notes or portions thereof so tendered; and
(3) deliver or cause to be applied delivered to a Net Proceeds the Trustee the Notes so accepted together with an Officer’s Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. To the extent Holders of Notes and Holders of other Senior Indebtedness, if any, which are the subject of an Asset Sale Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt properly tender and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as do not withdraw Notes or the other Senior Indebtedness in an aggregate amount exceeding the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make will purchase the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at Notes and the same time as the analogous offer to purchase other Senior Indebtedness on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). If only a portion of a Note is made purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer, a new Note in a principal amount equal to the portion thereof not purchased will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original Note (or appropriate adjustments to the amount and beneficial interests in a Global Note will be made, as appropriate). Notes (or portions thereof) purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer will be cancelled and cannot be reissued. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-l under the Exchange Act and any Other Debt other applicable securities laws and regulations, to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the purchase date in respect of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the Securities shall be extent that the same as provisions of any applicable securities laws or regulations conflict with the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes “Asset Sale” provisions of this Section 4.13Indenture, the Company will comply with these laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the “Security Portion Asset Sale” provisions of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedthis Indenture by doing so. Upon completion of an Asset Sale Offer, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds will be reset at zero. Accordingly, to the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and other Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the aggregate amount of unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may use any remaining Net Cash Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If at any time any consideration other than cash or Cash Equivalents received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any non-cash consideration), the conversion or disposition will be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof will be applied or committed to be applied as described above within twenty four (24) months of conversion or disposition. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided herein, the Company shall not contribute or transfer, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, any of its Existing Properties or Future Leveraged Properties to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that this undertaking shall not restrict the Company from transferring to any Restricted Subsidiary any Existing Property or Future Leveraged Property pursuant to a transaction that, but for items (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount or (5) of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to second paragraph of the product definition of “Asset Sale” would constitute an Asset Sale, if (xi) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds such transaction is made at Fair Market Value and (yii) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum at least 75% of the Security Amount and consideration received by the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase Company in such Other Debt made transaction at the time of such Net Proceeds Offertransaction is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and/or Property to be used by the Company in a Permitted Business (other than Capital Stock of a Person engaged in a Permitted Business).
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Guarantor will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unlessunless the following conditions are met:
(i) Parent or the applicable Restricted SubsidiaryThe Asset Sale is for fair market value, as determined in good faith by the case may be, receives consideration at the time Board of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofDirectors;
(ii) At least 75% of the consideration consists of cash or Cash Equivalents. (For purposes of this clause (ii), the assumption by the purchasers of Debt or other obligations (other than Subordinated Debt) of the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a customary novation agreement, and instruments or securities received from the purchasers that are promptly, but in any event within 90 days of the closing, converted by the Guarantor to cash, to the extent of the cash actually so received, shall be considered cash received at closing); and
(iii) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds may be used (each, a “Permitted Reinvestment”):
(A) to permanently repay Debt other than Subordinated Debt of the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary (and in the case of a revolving credit, permanently reduce the commitment thereunder by such amount), in each case owing to a Person other than the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(B) to acquire or invest in (or within such 360-day period in this clause (iii), the Guarantor’s Board of Directors shall have made a good faith determination to acquire or invest, which acquisition or investment shall be consummated prior to the second anniversary of such Asset Sale) (i) all or substantially all of the assets of a Permitted Business, (ii) a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person that thereupon becomes a Restricted Subsidiary engaged in a Permitted Business, or to make capital expenditures or otherwise acquire long-term assets that are to be used in a Permitted Business or (iii) a Permitted Business Investment; or
(C) to acquire Productive Assets for the Guarantor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that pending the final application of any such Net Cash Proceeds in accordance with this clause (iii), the Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Debt or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 4.13(a) above, the Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such clauses to the extent:
(i) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from for such Asset Sale constitutes Productive Assets, cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Marketable Securities; and
(ii) the Asset Sale is for fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Guarantor; provided that any consideration not constituting Productive Assets received by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this clause shall be applied (in the form case of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents and is received Marketable Securities within 360 days after the receipt thereof) in accordance with Section 4.13(iii) above.
(c) The Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale not applied pursuant to Section 4.13(a)(iii) within 360 days of the Asset Sale constitute “Excess Proceeds.” Excess Proceeds of less than U.S.$50.0 million (or the equivalent thereof at the time of determination) will be carried forward and accumulated. When accumulated Excess Proceeds equals or exceeds such disposition; and
amount, the Guarantor must, within 30 days, make an Offer to Purchase Notes having a principal amount equal to accumulated Excess Proceeds, multiplied by a fraction (iiix) upon the consummation numerator of an which is equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and (y) the denominator of which is equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and all pari passu Debt similarly required to be repaid, redeemed or tendered for in connection with the Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary rounded down to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of nearest U.S.$1,000. The purchase price for the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that Notes will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to to, but excluding, the date of purchase; provided, however, that . If the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are to Purchase in connection with an Asset Sale is for less than all of the outstanding Notes and Notes in an aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the principal amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required the purchase amount are tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Saleoffer, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required Guarantor will purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date amount on a pro rata basis, with adjustments so that only Notes in respect multiples of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to U.S.$1,000 principal amount will be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedprovided that after a purchase from a Holder in part, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the such Holder shall hold U.S.$200,000 in principal amount of Notes or a multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof. The Guarantor will obtain all Securities tendered pursuant necessary consents and regulatory approvals from the Central Bank of Brazil for the remittance of funds outside Brazil prior to the Net Proceeds making any Offer related to Purchase. Any failure to obtain such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) consents and the denominator approvals will constitute an Event of which is the sum Default. Upon completion of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant Offer to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made Purchase, Excess Proceeds will be reset at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerzero.
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Samples: Indenture (Cosan S.A.), Indenture (Cosan S.A.)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) The Company and Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unlessunless the following conditions are met:
(i) The Asset Sale is for fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Parent.
(ii) At least 75% of the consideration consists of cash or Cash Equivalents received at closing or Additional Assets or any combination of the foregoing. For purposes of this paragraph (ii), except in connection with a disposition of Collateral, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
(A) any liabilities of the Company, Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary (other than Subordinated Debt) that are assumed by the applicable transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation agreement that releases the Company, Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability; and
(B) any liabilities of the Company, Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary (other than Subordinated Debt) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary novation agreement that releases the Company, Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability.
(iii) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, unless the Asset Sale was of Collateral, the Net Cash Proceeds may be used:
(A) to permanently repay secured Debt of the Company or a Guarantor or any Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (and in the case of a revolving credit, permanently reduce the commitment thereunder by such amount), in each case owing to a Person other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, or
(B) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of a Permitted Business, or a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person that thereupon becomes a Restricted Subsidiary engaged in a Permitted Business, or to make capital expenditures or otherwise acquire long-term assets that are to be used in a Permitted Business.
(iv) The Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale not applied pursuant to paragraph (iii) within 360 days of the Asset Sale (including proceeds of any disposition of Collateral, which are not permitted to be applied pursuant to paragraph (iii)) constitute “Excess Proceeds.” Excess Proceeds of less than US$10.0 million (or the equivalent in other currencies) will be carried forward and accumulated. When accumulated Excess Proceeds equals or exceeds such amount, the Company must, within 30 days, make an Offer to Purchase Notes having a principal amount equal to:
(A) accumulated Excess Proceeds, multiplied by
(B) a fraction (x) the numerator of which is equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and (y) the denominator of which is equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and all pari passu Debt similarly required to be repaid, redeemed or tendered for in connection with the Asset Sale, rounded down to the nearest US$1,000. The purchase price for the Notes will be 100% of the principal amount plus accrued interest to the date of purchase. If the Offer to Purchase is for less than all of the outstanding Notes and Notes in an aggregate principal amount in excess of the purchase amount are tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to the Offer, the Company will purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the purchase amount on a pro rata basis, with adjustments so that only Notes in multiples of US$1,000 principal amount will be purchased, provided that the principal amount of such tendering holder’s Note will not be less than US$200,000. Upon completion of the Offer to Purchase, Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero, and any Excess Proceeds remaining after consummation of the Offer to Purchase may be used for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture. On or prior to the purchase date, the Company may require that each obligor prepay the relevant Intercompany Loan to the extent necessary to finance any repurchase by the Company of the Notes tendered pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. If at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such in connection with any Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of;
of for cash (ii) at least 75% of other than interest received with respect to any non-cash consideration), the consideration received by Parent conversion or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such disposition will be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents hereunder and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale thereof will be applied in accordance with this Section within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) conversion or disposition. The Company will not be required to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the make an Offer to Purchase following an Asset Sale if such Parent, a Restricted Subsidiary is not or a Guarantor and, third party makes the Offer to Purchase in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facilitymanner, effect a permanent reduction at the times and otherwise in compliance with the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as requirements set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), Indenture applicable to an Offer to Purchase following an Asset Sale made by the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following and if such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), Person purchases all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Notes validly tendered and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with withdrawn under such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other DebtPurchase.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.
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Samples: Indenture (GeoPark LTD), Indenture (GeoPark Holdings LTD)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of after receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on such asset to the extent of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject Net Cash Proceeds of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor asset and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility (or effect a permanent reduction in availability under such revolving credit facility;
, regardless of the fact that no prepayment is required), (2B) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto acquire Replacement Assets, or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(13)(A) and (iii)(23)(B).
(b) To . Pending the extent that all or part final application of the Net Cash Proceeds, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may invest such Net Cash Proceeds of in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. On the 366th day after an Asset Sale are or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not applied within 365 days of to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”3)(A), (3)(B) and (3)(C) of the Company shallpreceding paragraph (each, on the 366th day (the a “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (3)(A), (3)(B) and (3)(C) of the preceding paragraph (each, a “Net Proceeds Offer Amount”) shall be applied by the Company to make an offer to purchase (a the “Net Proceeds Offer”), with ) on a copy to date (the Trustee, “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum pro rata basis, that principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued interest and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if the Company elects (or is required by the terms of any Indebtedness that ranks pari passu with the Securities), such Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized made ratably to purchase the Securities and such pari passu Indebtedness. If at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration) or Cash Equivalents, then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.12. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer until there is an aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 50.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales or deemed Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 50.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) ). The first such date the aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount is equal to or in excess of $50.0 million shall be treated for this purpose as the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date. In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.12, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this Section 4.12 with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the Fair Market Value of such properties and assets of the Company may apply or the Unutilized Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required for purposes of this Section 4.12. Notice of each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed or caused to be applied mailed, by first class mail, by the Company within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all record Holders as shown on the register of Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.12 and that the Holders may elect to tender their Securities in whole or in part in denominations of $2,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof for cash; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Securities properly tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer exceeds the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Securities of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest, if any) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date (which shall be at least 20 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law);
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Security, with the form entitled “Option of Holder To Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Security completed, to purchase such Other Debt and the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to a the close of business on the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied Holder is withdrawing his election to purchase have such Security purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be issued new Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Securities is not less than surrendered. On or before the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased in accordance with item (1) above, (ii) deposit with the “Security Amount”Paying Agent in accordance with Section 2.14 U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Securities to be purchased and (iii) and deliver to the denominator Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of which is Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the sum purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.12, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. To the extent that the aggregate amount of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt notes tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may use such Other Debt made at the time excess Net Proceeds Offer Amount for general corporate purposes or for any other purposes not prohibited by this Indenture. Upon completion of any such Net Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset to zero. The Company will comply with all tender offer rules under state and federal securities laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder, to the extent applicable to such offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the foregoing “Asset Sale” provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the foregoing provisions of this Indenture by virtue thereof. The Trustee shall make such adjustments as are needed so that no unauthorized denominations are purchased in part when the aggregate principal amount of Securities properly tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.12 exceeds the Net Proceeds Offer Amount and Securities of tendering Holders are purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). Each Notice of Net Proceeds Offer required pursuant to this Section 4.12 shall state that such adjustments may be made under such circumstances.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unlessunless each of the following requirements is satisfied:
(i1) Parent or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;; and
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by Parent or the such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of (a) cash and/or Cash Equivalents, (b) Replacement Assets or Cash Equivalents (c) any combination of the consideration described in subclauses (a) and is received at (b) of this clause (2); provided that the time amount of:
(i) any liabilities (as shown on Parent’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such disposition; assets as a result of which Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries are released from further liability with respect thereto, and
(iiiii) upon any securities, notes or other obligations received by Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted within 180 days of receipt thereof by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the consummation extent of the cash received) shall, in each case, be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (2).
(b) Within 365 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary may at its option, cause such Net Proceeds to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
be applied (1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2a) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of or expenditure for Replacement Assets or other capital expenditure or to enter into a binding commitment to make such Asset Sale an investment or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (expenditure; provided that that, in the case of this clause (y) a commitment to make an investment or expenditure, such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 or expenditure shall have been made within 180 days of such 365th day, (collectivelyb) to repay Indebtedness under the New Credit Facility (including any Related Obligations), “Replacement Assets”any other Secured Indebtedness and/or any other Indebtedness (other than Subordinated Indebtedness) with a final maturity date prior to November 15, 2013 (and, in each case, to permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder); and/or
, (3c) to repay Indebtedness of a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, other than an Issuer (and to permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder) or (d) any combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses subclauses (iii)(1a), (b) and (iii)(2c).
(bc) To the extent Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days or invested as provided in subclause (b) of such Asset Sale as set forth in this Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash 4.12 will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds, .” When the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $50,000,000 (the “Net Proceeds Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date”), the Issuers shall be required to (i) make an offer (an “Asset Sale Offer”) to the Holders of the Notes to purchase (such Notes on a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, pro rata basis at a purchase an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.12 and (ii) to the extent an Issuer so elects or is required, to repay any other outstanding Pari Passu Indebtedness (or offer to purchase such Pari Passu Indebtedness if pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness the issuer thereof is only required to offer to repay such Indebtedness) (and permanently reduce amounts outstanding under such Pari Passu Indebtedness) at a repayment (or repurchase) price not to exceed 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon and unpaid interest, if any, to the repayment (or repurchase) date.
(d) Each application of Excess Proceeds pursuant to clause (c) of this Section 4.12 shall be made on a pro rata basis among the Notes and any such other Pari Passu Indebtedness in proportion to the respective amounts outstanding under each such item of Indebtedness. To the extent that any Excess Proceeds remain after compliance with clause (c) of this Section 4.12, Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not prohibited under this Indenture. Upon completion of an Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
(e) All Net Proceeds and Excess Proceeds from Asset Sales may, pending their application in accordance with this Section 4.12, be used to temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings under any Credit Facility or be invested in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture.
(f) Within 30 days following an Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date, the Issuers shall send, or at the Issuers’ written request the Trustee shall send, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a notice, prepared by the Issuers, to each Holder of Notes at its last registered address, which notice shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer. The notice shall offer to repurchase Notes on the purchase date of purchasespecified in such notice (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as required by law) (the “Asset Sale Offer Payment Date”) pursuant to the procedures required by this Indenture and described in such notice. The notice to the Holders shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. Such notice shall state:
(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.12 and that all Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that if the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire principal amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Notes validly tendered and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as validly withdrawn exceeds the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Excess Proceeds applied to purchase available in connection with the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsAsset Sale Offer, the Company Trustee shall make select the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer Notes to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.purchased on a pro rata basis;
(d2) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means the offer price (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, including the amount of accrued interest) and the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and Asset Sale Offer Payment Date (2which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as required by law);
(3) if Other Debt is being offered that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Issuers default in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will be purchasedrequired to surrender the Note, with the amount form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal Note completed, to the product Paying Agent and Registrar for the Note at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(x6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) Paying Agent receives, not later than the third Business Day prior to the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, a fraction telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the numerator name of which is the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided, however, that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
(g) On the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, the Issuers shall, to the extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Securities Notes or portions thereof (in integral multiples of $1,000) validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of Asset Sale Offer; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal face amount of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds available in connection with the Asset Sale Offer, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount in U.S. Dollars equal to the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) in respect of all Notes or accreted value as portions thereof to be purchased; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee all Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes (or portions thereof) being purchased by the Issuers. Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the relevant monies specified in clause (2) above and the Officers’ Certificate specified in clause (3) above, such Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes so purchased the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder of Notes a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes purchased, if any; provided that each such new Note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The Issuers will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date.
(h) Upon the payment of the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) for any Notes purchased in the Asset Sale Offer, the Trustee shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.16, return such Notes to the Issuers for cancellation. Any monies remaining after the purchase date of all Other Debt tendered Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer an Asset Sale Offer shall be returned within three Business Days to purchase such Other Debt made at the time Issuers by the Paying Agents. The Trustee may act as the Paying Agent for purposes of such Net Proceeds any Asset Sale Offer.
(i) The Issuers shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.12, the Issuers shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached their obligations under this Section 4.12 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Crown Holdings Inc), Indenture (Crown Holdings Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unlessunless the following conditions are met:
(i) Parent The Asset Sale is for fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
(ii) At least 75% of the consideration consists of cash or Cash Equivalents. (For purposes of this clause (ii), the applicable assumption by the purchasers of Debt or other obligations (other than Subordinated Debt) of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a customary novation agreement, and instruments or securities received from the purchasers that are promptly, but in any event within 90 days of the closing, converted by the Company to cash, to the extent of the cash actually so received, shall be considered cash received at closing.)
(iii) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds may be used (each, a “Permitted Reinvestment”):
(A) to permanently repay Debt other than Subordinated Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (and in the case of a revolving credit, permanently reduce the commitment thereunder by such amount), in each case owing to a Person other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(B) to acquire or invest in (or within such 360-day period in this clause (iii) the Company’s Board of Directors shall have made a good faith determination to acquire or invest, as which acquisition or investment shall be consummated prior to the case may be, receives consideration at the time second anniversary of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Sale) (i) all or substantially all of the assets sold of a Permitted Business, (ii) a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person that thereupon becomes a Restricted Subsidiary engaged in a Permitted Business, or to make capital expenditures or otherwise disposed of;acquire long-term assets that are to be used in a Permitted Business or (iii) a Permitted Business Investment; or
(iiC) to acquire Productive Assets for the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that pending the final application of any such Net Cash Proceeds in accordance with this clause (iii), the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Debt or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.
(iv) Notwithstanding clauses (i) to (iii) above, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such clauses to the extent:
(A) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from for such Asset Sale constitutes Productive Assets, cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Marketable Securities; and
(B) the Asset Sale is for fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors; provided that any consideration not constituting Productive Assets received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this clause shall be applied (in the form case of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents and is received Marketable Securities within 360 days after the receipt thereof) in accordance with Section 4.13(iii) above.
(v) The Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale not applied pursuant to Section 4.13(iii) within 360 days of the Asset Sale constitute “Excess Proceeds.” Excess Proceeds of less than U.S.$50.0 million (or the equivalent thereof at the time of determination) will be carried forward and accumulated. When accumulated Excess Proceeds equals or exceeds such disposition; andamount, the Company must, within 30 days, make an Offer to Purchase Notes having a principal amount equal to:
(iiiA) upon accumulated Excess Proceeds, multiplied by
(B) a fraction (x) the consummation numerator of an which is equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and (y) the denominator of which is equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and all pari passu Debt similarly required to be repaid, redeemed or tendered for in connection with the Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary rounded down to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of nearest U.S.$1,000. The purchase price for the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that Notes will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that . If the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are to Purchase is for less than all of the outstanding Notes and Notes in an aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the principal amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required the purchase amount are tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Saleoffer, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required will purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date amount on a pro rata basis, with adjustments so that only Notes in respect multiples of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to U.S.$1,000 principal amount will be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedprovided that after a purchase from a Holder in part, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the such Holder shall hold U.S.$200,000 in principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant Notes or a multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof. Any failure to the Net Proceeds Offer related to obtain such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) consents and the denominator approvals will constitute an Event of which is the sum Default. Upon completion of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant Offer to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made Purchase, Excess Proceeds will be reset at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerzero.
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Samples: Indenture (Cosan Ltd.), Indenture (Cosan Ltd.)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent IRSA will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale (including capital stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries) unless:
(ia) Parent IRSA or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such the Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets or Capital Stock sold or otherwise disposed of;; and
(iib) at least 75% of the consideration received for the assets or Capital Stock sold by Parent IRSA or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such in the Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is and/or Property to be used in a Permitted Business (including Capital Stock of a Person engaged in a Permitted Business) received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, . IRSA or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to applySubsidiary, as the case may be, must apply 85% of the Net Cash Proceeds relating to of any such Asset Sale within 365 days twenty-four (24) months (or, if not so applied by such date, committed to be applied within fifteen (15) months of receipt the expiration of such preliminary twenty-four (24) month period) thereof eitherto:
(1c) to prepay any repay Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the IRSA or Indebtedness of its Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;Subsidiaries; or
(2d) to make an investment invest in a Permitted Business (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject including expenditures for maintenance, repair or improvement of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business existing Properties and acquisitions of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (Persons engaged in a Permitted Business); provided that IRSA or such Restricted Subsidiary, pending application of such Net Cash Proceeds in the case of this accordance with clause (ya) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
or (b) above, may invest such Net Cash Proceeds in Temporary Cash Investments. To the extent that all or a part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied or committed to be applied within 365 days twenty-four (24) months of such the Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceedsdescribed above, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), IRSA will make an offer to purchase Securities (a the “Net Proceeds Asset Sale Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, to the date of purchase; providedpurchase (the “Asset Sale Offer Amount”). IRSA will purchase pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer from all tendering Holders on a pro rata basis, and, at IRSA’s option, on a pro rata basis with the holders of any other Senior Indebtedness with similar provisions requiring IRSA to offer to purchase the other Senior Indebtedness with the proceeds of Asset Sales, that principal amount (or accreted value in the case of Indebtedness issued with original issue discount) of Securities and the other Senior Indebtedness to be purchased equal to such unapplied Net Cash Proceeds. IRSA may satisfy its obligations under this covenant with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer prior to the expiration of such preliminary twenty-four (24) month period. The Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a period of not less than twenty (20) business days, or any longer period as may be required by law. IRSA may, however, that the Net Proceeds defer an Asset Sale Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized amount of unapplied Net Cash Proceeds from one or more Asset Sales equal to or in excess of $US$20.0 million. At that time, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $US$20.0 million, shall will be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation covenant. Each notice of an Asset SaleSale Offer will be mailed first class, postage prepaid, to the Company may apply record Holders as shown on the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required register of Holders within twenty (20) days following such preliminary twenty-four (24) month period, with a copy to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied Trustee offering to purchase the Securities as described above. Each notice of an Asset Sale Offer will state, among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than thirty (30) days nor later than sixty (60) days from the date the notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Asset Sale Offer Payment Date”). Upon receiving notice of an Asset Sale Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Securities in whole or in part in integral multiples of US$1,000 in exchange for cash. On the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, IRSA will, to the extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Securities or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent funds in an amount equal to the Asset Sale Offer Amount in respect of all Securities or portions thereof so tendered; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities or portions thereof being purchased by IRSA. To the extent Holders of Securities and holders of other Senior Indebtedness, if any, which are the subject of an Asset Sale Offer properly tender and do not less than withdraw Securities or the Security Portion other Senior Indebtedness in an aggregate amount exceeding the amount of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, IRSA will purchase the Company shall make Securities and the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase other Senior Indebtedness on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). If only a portion of a note is made purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer, a new Security in a principal amount equal to the portion thereof not purchased will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original note (or appropriate adjustments to the amount and beneficial interests in a global note will be made, as appropriate). Securities (or portions thereof) purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer will be cancelled and cannot be reissued. IRSA will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-l under the Exchange Act and any Other Debt and other applicable securities laws in connection with the purchase date in respect of Securities pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the Securities shall extent that the provisions of any applicable securities laws or regulations conflict with the “Asset Sale” provisions set forth here, IRSA will comply with these laws and regulations and will not be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes deemed to have breached its obligations of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion Indenture by doing so. Upon completion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedan Asset Sale Offer, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered will be reset at zero. Accordingly, to be purchased, the extent that the aggregate amount of Securities and other Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Unutilized aggregate amount of unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, IRSA and its Restricted Subsidiaries may use any remaining Net Cash Proceeds equal for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If at any time any consideration other than cash or Cash Equivalents received by IRSA or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any non-cash consideration), the product of (x) conversion or disposition will be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and thereof will be applied or committed to be applied as described above within twenty-four (y24) a fraction the numerator months of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount conversion or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerdisposition.
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Samples: Indenture (Irsa Investments & Representations Inc), Indenture (Irsa Investments & Representations Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its the Restricted Subsidiaries of the Company to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unless:
Disposition, unless (i) Parent or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of received from such Asset Sale Disposition is at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the Capital Stock, property or other assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
sold, (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be Disposition is in the form of cash Cash, Temporary Cash Investments or Cash Equivalents and is received at Marketable Equity Securities (the time "75% Test"), provided that the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Company's or such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary which are assumed by the transferee, cancelled or satisfied in any Asset Disposition (other than liabilities that are incurred in connection with or in anticipation of such disposition; and
Asset Disposition) as a credit against the purchase price therefor shall be deemed to be Cash to the extent of the amount so credited for purposes of the 75% Test, and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall applyCompany applies, or cause such causes its Restricted Subsidiary Subsidiaries to apply, 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds relating from any Asset Disposition to an offer (a "Net Proceeds Offer") to purchase Notes outstanding having a Net Proceeds Offer Price at least equal to such Asset Sale within 365 Net Proceeds, such Net Proceeds Offer to commence on a date not later than 360 calendar days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of after the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject date of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Disposition at a purchase price in cash (the "Net Proceeds Offer Price") equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the closing date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized (the "Net Cash Proceeds equal Purchase Date"), except to the extent that such Net Proceeds have been applied either to (i) the permanent repayment of principal and interest on Senior Indebtedness or in excess Indebtedness of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness Restricted Subsidiary of the Company that ranks pari passu with made such Asset Disposition or to (ii) the Securities purchase of assets or any other Indebtedness businesses in the same line of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer business as the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries or assets incidental thereto. Notwithstanding anything to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Salecontrary in this Section 4.10, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise will not be required to be applied to make a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With with respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer from Asset Dispositions until the aggregate amount of Net Proceeds from Asset Dispositions in respect thereof at any period of 12 consecutive months which are not applied either to the same time permanent repayment of principal and interest on Indebtedness (as the analogous offer described above) or to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same assets or businesses (as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) described above), exceeds $10 million. For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased4.10, the principal amount of Notes for which a Net Proceeds Offer shall be made is referred to as the Unutilized "Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount."
(b) To the extent required by any pari passu Indebtedness, and (2) if Other Debt provided there is being offered to be purchaseda permanent reduction in the principal amount of such pari passu Indebtedness, the Company shall simultaneously with the Net Proceeds Offer make an offer to purchase such pari passu Indebtedness (a "Pari Passu Offer") in an amount of (the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds "Pari Passu Offer Amount") equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) Offer Amount, as determined above, multiplied by a fraction fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) pari passu Indebtedness and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser outstanding principal amount of the Notes and such pari passu Indebtedness, in which case the Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be correspondingly reduced by such Pari Passu Offer Amount.
(c) The Company may credit against its obligation to make a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.10 up to $2 million aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of Notes, at 100% of the relevant purchase date principal amount thereof, which have been acquired by the Company and surrendered for cancellation after the making of all Other Debt tendered the Net Proceeds Offer and which have not been used as a credit against or acquired pursuant to a concurrent any prior obligation to make an offer to purchase such Other Debt made at Notes pursuant to the time provisions set forth under Section 4.14 or this Section 4.10.
(d) Upon notice of a Net Proceeds Offer provided to the Trustee by the Company, notice of such Net Proceeds Offer shall be mailed by the Trustee (at the Company's expense) not less than 30 calendar days nor more than 60 calendar days before the Net Proceeds Purchase Date to each Holder of Notes at such Holder's last registered address appearing in the Register. The Company shall provide the Trustee with copies of all materials to be delivered with such notice. The notice shall contain all instructions and material necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer.. In such notice, the Company shall state: (1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.10 and that it will purchase the principal amount of Notes equal to the Net Proceeds Offer Amount;
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Samples: Indenture (Cinemark Usa Inc /Tx), Indenture (Cinemark Usa Inc /Tx)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unlessunless the following conditions are met:
(a) The Asset Sale is for fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
(b) At least 75% of the consideration consists of cash received at closing; provided, however, to the extent that any disposition in such Asset Sale was of Collateral, the non-cash consideration received is pledged as Collateral under the Collateral Agreements substantially simultaneously with such sale, in accordance with the requirements set forth in this Indenture. For purposes of this clause (b):
(i) Parent Debt (other than Subordinated Debt) or other obligations of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary assumed by the purchaser pursuant to a customary novation agreement, and
(ii) instruments or securities received from the purchaser that are promptly, but in any event within 30 days of the closing, converted by the Company to cash, to the extent of the cash actually so received shall be considered cash received at closing.
(c) An amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds from the Asset Sale may be used
(i) to permanently repay (i) any First Lien Indebtedness or (ii) unless the Net Cash Proceeds are from a disposition of Collateral, Debt under the Credit Agreement, or (iii) unless the Net Cash Proceeds are from a disposition of Collateral, Debt of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (and, in each case, in the case of a revolving credit, permanently reduce the commitment thereunder by such amount), or
(ii) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of a Permitted Business, or a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person that thereupon becomes a Restricted Subsidiary engaged in a Permitted Business, or to make capital expenditures or otherwise acquire long-term assets (including an undivided interest therein) that are to be used in a Permitted Business; provided that the assets (including Voting Stock) acquired with the Net Cash Proceeds of a disposition of Collateral are pledged as Collateral under the Collateral Agreements substantially simultaneously with such acquisition in accordance with the requirements of this Indenture.
(d) The Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale not applied pursuant to clause (c) within 360 days of the Asset Sale constitute “Excess Proceeds”. Excess Proceeds of less than $10.0 million will be carried forward and accumulated. When accumulated Excess Proceeds equal or exceed $10.0 million, the Company must, within 30 days, make an Offer to Purchase Notes having a principal amount equal to
(i) accumulated Excess Proceeds, multiplied by
(ii) a fraction (x) the numerator of which is equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and (y) the denominator of which is equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and all Debt that is secured by a parity Lien on the Collateral and similarly required to be repaid, redeemed or tendered for in connection with the Asset Sale, rounded down to the nearest $1,000. The purchase price for the Notes will be 100% of the principal amount plus accrued interest to the date of purchase. Upon completion of the Offer to Purchase, Excess Proceeds will be reset at zero, and any Excess Proceeds remaining after consummation of the Offer to Purchase may be used for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture.
(e) To the extent that any Net Cash Proceeds are from a disposition of Collateral the fair market value of which exceeds $10 million in the aggregate, such Net Cash Proceeds will be deposited with the Noteholder Collateral Agent or the applicable Restricted SubsidiaryTrustee, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal and held as Collateral pending application pursuant to the fair market value of the assets sold clause (c) or otherwise disposed of;
(iid) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiaryabove, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectivelyd), “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by released to the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To Company or the extent that all or part relevant Guarantor if remaining after consummation of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other DebtPurchase.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.
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Samples: Indenture (Century California, LLC), Indenture (Century Aluminum Co)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unlessunless the following conditions are met:
(i1) Parent or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such The Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;is for Fair Market Value.
(ii2) at At least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form consists of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at closing. (For purposes of this Section 4.13(a)(2), the time assumption by the purchaser of such disposition; andDebt or other obligations (other than Subordinated Debt) of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a customary novation agreement, and instruments or securities received from the purchaser that are promptly, but in any event within 30 days of the closing, converted by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to cash or Cash Equivalents, to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents actually so received, shall be considered cash or Cash Equivalents received at closing).
(iii3) upon Within 365 days after the consummation receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof eithermay be used:
(1A) to prepay any Senior permanently repay secured Debt of the Company or a Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness Debt of the a Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and, (and in the case of a revolving credit, permanently reduce the commitment thereunder by such amount), in each case owing to a Person other than the Company or any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;Restricted Subsidiary,
(2B) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of a Permitted Business, or a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person that thereupon becomes a Restricted Subsidiary engaged in a Permitted Business, or to make capital expenditures or otherwise acquire longterm assets that are to be used in a Permitted Business,
(C) to make an investment in a capital expenditure; or
(xD) to acquire other assets that replace the are not classified as current assets under GAAP and that were the subject of such Asset Sale are used or useful in assets that a Permitted Business. The Company will be used in deemed to have complied with the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as provisions set forth in Section 4.13(a4.13(a)(3)(B), (C) and (such D) if (i) within 365 days after the Asset Sale that generated the Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Company (or applicable Restricted Subsidiary) has entered into a binding agreement to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Stock of, another Permitted Business or to make a capital expenditure or acquire other assets that are not classified as current assets under GAAP and that are used or useful in a Permitted Business and that acquisition or capital expenditure is thereafter completed within 180 days after the end of such 365 day period or (ii) in the event such binding agreement described in the preceding clause (i) is cancelled or terminated for any reason before such Net Cash Proceeds”)Proceeds are so applied, the Company shall(or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary) enter into another such binding commitment within 180 days of such cancellation or termination of the prior binding commitment, on in which case such acquisition or capital expenditure must be completed within 180 days after the 366th day date thereof.
(4) The Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale not applied pursuant to Section 4.13(a)(3) constitute “Excess Proceeds.” Excess Proceeds of less than $50 million will be carried forward and accumulated. When accumulated Excess Proceeds equal or exceed such amount, the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”)Company must, within 30 days, make an offer Offer to purchase (Purchase Notes having a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount equal to
(expressed as A) accumulated Excess Proceeds, multiplied by
(B) a multiple fraction (x) the numerator of $1,000) of Securities which is equal to the Security Portion outstanding principal amount of Unutilized Net Cash Proceedsthe Notes and (y) the denominator of which is equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and all pari passu Debt similarly required to be repaid, at a redeemed or tendered for in connection with the Asset Sale, rounded down to the nearest $1,000. The purchase price in cash equal to for the Notes will be 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net . If any Excess Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Saleremain, the Company may apply use such Excess Proceeds for any purposes not prohibited by this Indenture. Upon completion of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedPurchase, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Excess Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered will be reset to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerzero.
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Samples: Indenture (Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.), Indenture (Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc.)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of, which may be determined as of the date of any agreement with respect to such Asset Sale;
(ii2) either (a) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such dispositiondisposition or (b) the Fair Market Value (determined at the time of receipt) of all forms of consideration other than cash and Cash Equivalents received for all Asset Sales since the Issue Date does not exceed in the aggregate 15% of the Adjusted Consolidated Net Tangible Assets of the Company at the time such determination is made; and
(iii3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
(1a) to repay or prepay Indebtedness outstanding under the Senior Credit Facility (or, if the Senior Credit Facility is no longer in existence, any Senior Debt Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 4.10);
(b) to permanently repay, redeem or Guarantor Senior Debt or repurchase any Indebtedness of the Restricted Company or any Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary Guarantor that is not a Guarantor and, in subordinated to the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in Notes or the availability under such revolving credit facilitySubsidiary Guarantees;
(2c) to make an investment (including, without limitation, capital expenditures) in (xi) properties or assets that replace the properties or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in (ii) properties or assets that will be used in the business Crude Oil and Natural Gas Business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or;
(3d) to make a Permitted Industry Investment or to acquire or make an investment in Crude Oil and Natural Gas Related Assets;
(e) to the extent not included in (c) or (d) above, any investment in (i) Capital Stock of a Person that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) Capital Stock constituting a minority interest in any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary, and (iii) Capital Stock of any Subsidiary of the Company; provided that all the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary held by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall entitle the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to not less than a pro rata share of all dividends or other distributions made by such Subsidiary upon any of such Capital Stock; or
(f) to make a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(13)(a) and through (iii)(23)(e).
(b) To . On the extent that all 361st day after an Asset Sale or part of such earlier date, if any, as the Company determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(aclauses (3)(a) through (such Net Cash Proceeds, 3)(f) of the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day immediately preceding paragraph (the each a “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have been received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary but which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (3)(a) through (3)(f) of the immediately preceding paragraph (each a “Net Proceeds Offer Amount”) shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, to make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with ) on a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day date (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”)) not less than 30, nor more than 45, days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, from all outstanding Securities up Holders and, to the extent required by the terms of any Pari Passu Indebtedness, the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, on a maximum pro rata basis, that principal amount of Notes (expressed as a multiple of $1,000and Pari Passu Indebtedness) of Securities equal to purchasable with the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Notes (and Pari Passu Indebtedness) to be purchased (or, in the event such other Pari Passu Indebtedness was issued with significant original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value thereof), plus unpaid accrued interest interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time consideration other than cash or Cash Equivalents received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash or Cash Equivalents (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash or non-Cash Equivalents consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 40.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, 40.0 million shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness covenant). Pending application of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required pursuant to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase this covenant, such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds may be temporarily invested in Cash Equivalents or applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceedstemporarily reduce revolving credit indebtedness. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make If the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest will be paid to the Person in respect thereof whose name a Note is registered at the same time as the analogous offer close of business on such Regular Record Date, and no additional interest will be payable to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related Offer. Notwithstanding the first two paragraphs of this covenant, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the extent that:
(1) the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and/or Crude Oil and Natural Gas Related Assets and/or the assumption of obligations secured by Liens that burden some or all of the assets being sold and/or cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that, in the case of any such assumption, (a) the Person assuming such obligations shall have no recourse with respect to such Unutilized obligations to the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (b) no assets of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than those assets being sold) are subject to such Liens; and
(2) such Asset Sale is for Fair Market Value; provided that at least 75% of the total consideration received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any such Asset Sale shall be in the form of Replacement Assets and Crude Oil and Natural Gas Related Assets, the assumption of obligations secured by Liens described in (1) above, cash or Cash Equivalents, or any combination of the foregoing, and that any Net Cash Proceeds so received shall be subject to the provisions of clause (3) of the “Security Amount”first paragraph and to the provisions of the second paragraph of this covenant. For the purposes of clause (2) of both the first and immediately preceding paragraphs of this covenant and for the purposes of clause (1) of the immediately preceding paragraph, the following are deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents:
(1) the assumption of Indebtedness or other liabilities shown on the balance sheet of the Company (other than obligations in respect of Disqualified Stock of the Company and Indebtedness or other liabilities that are by their terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee) or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than obligations in respect of Disqualified Stock or Preferred Stock of a Subsidiary Guarantor and Indebtedness or other liabilities that are by their terms subordinated in right of payment to the Notes or any Subsidiary Guarantee) and the denominator of which is the sum release of the Security Amount and Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from all liability on such Indebtedness or liabilities in connection with such Asset Sale (or in lieu of such a release, the lesser agreement of the acquiror or its parent company to indemnify and hold the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary harmless from and against any loss, liability or cost in respect of such assumed Indebtedness or liabilities;
(2) securities received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of the Asset Sale, to the extent of cash received in that conversion; and
(3) with respect to any Asset Sale involving oil and gas properties in which the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary retains an interest, the obligation of any purchaser or transferee of such properties or their Affiliates to fund all or a portion of the costs and expenses of exploring or developing such properties. The requirement of clause 3(c), 3(d) or 3(e) above shall be deemed to be satisfied if an agreement (including a lease, whether a capital lease or an operating lease) committing to make the acquisitions or investment referred to therein is entered into by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary within the time period specified in clause (3) and such Net Cash Proceeds are subsequently applied in accordance with such agreement within six months following such agreement. Notice of each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in exchange for cash with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect to Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed to the Paying Agent for the Notes at the address specified in the notice of the Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent Holders properly tender Notes and holders of Pari Passu Indebtedness properly tender such Indebtedness with an aggregate principal face amount or exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Notes of tendering Holders and Pari Passu Indebtedness will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on principal amounts of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness (or, in the case of Pari Passu Indebtedness issued with significant original issue discount based on the accreted value thereof) tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the relevant purchase date Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of all Other Debt tendered Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the “Asset Sale” provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to purchase have breached its obligations under the “Asset Sale” provisions of this Indenture by virtue thereof. If all or any portion of any Net Proceeds Offer Amount remains after consummation of a Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may use such Other Debt made at the time remaining portion of such Net Proceeds OfferOffer Amount for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture.
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Samples: Indenture (Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.), Indenture (Bonanza Creek Energy Operating Company, LLC)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Issuer shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Issuer or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to not less than the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
subject to such Asset Sale; (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from for such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of (A) cash or Cash Equivalents and Equivalents, (B) liabilities of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees) that are assumed by the transferee of such assets (provided that, following such Asset Sale there is received no further recourse to the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such liabilities), or (C) fixed assets or property that, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Issuer, at the time of such dispositionAsset Sale will be used in a Related Business of the Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
and (iii) upon the consummation within 270 days of an such Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
are (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt invested in fixed assets or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor andproperty that, in the case good faith judgment of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facilitythe Board of Directors of the Issuer, effect a permanent reduction in at the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject time of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in a Related Business of the business of Parent and Issuer or its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on Subsidiaries, (B) applied to repay Indebtedness under Purchase Money Obligations incurred in connection with the Issue Date or asset so sold, (C) applied to repay Indebtedness under the Credit Facility and permanently reduce the commitment thereunder in businesses reasonably related thereto the amount of the Indebtedness so repaid or (yD) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (to the extent not used as provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”A), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”B), or (C) applied to make an offer to purchase Notes as described below (a an “Net Excess Proceeds Offer”); provided that, with a copy the Issuer will not be required to make an Excess Proceeds Offer until the amount of Excess Proceeds is greater than $5,000,000. The foregoing provisions in (i) or (ii) above shall not apply to an Event of Loss. Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Issuer may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under the Credit Facility or temporarily invest such Net Proceeds in Cash Equivalents. Net Proceeds not invested or applied as set forth in subclauses (A), (B) or (C) of clause (iii) above constitute “Excess Proceeds.” If the Issuer elects, or becomes obligated to make an Excess Proceeds Offer because such Excess Proceeds exceed $5,000,000, the Issuer shall offer to purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day Excess Proceeds (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment DatePurchase Amount”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the purchase date. The Issuer must consummate such Excess Proceeds Offer not later than 30 days after the expiration of the 270-day period following the Asset Sale that produced such Excess Proceeds. If the aggregate purchase price for the Notes tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries may use the portion of the Excess Proceeds remaining after payment of such purchase price for general corporate purposes. Each Excess Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days and no longer, unless a longer period is required by law (the “Excess Proceeds Offer Period”). Promptly after the termination of the Excess Proceeds Offer Period (the “Excess Proceeds Payment Date”), the Issuer shall purchase and mail or deliver payment for the Purchase Amount for the Notes or portions thereof tendered, on a pro rata basis or by such other method as may be required by law and, in each case with respect to any Global Notes, the procedures of the DTC, and, if less than the Purchase Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Issuer shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.10 by virtue thereof. The Issuer shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create or suffer to exist or become effective any restriction that would impair the ability of the Issuer to make an Excess Proceeds Offer upon an Asset Sale or, if such Excess Proceeds Offer is made, to pay for the Notes tendered for purchase. The Issuer shall, no later than 30 days following the expiration of the 12-month period following the Asset Sale that produced Excess Proceeds, commence the Excess Proceeds Offer by mailing to the Trustee and each Holder, at such Holder’s last registered address, a notice, which shall govern the terms of the Excess Proceeds Offer, and shall state:
(1) that the Excess Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.10, the principal amount of Notes which shall be accepted for payment and that all Notes validly tendered shall be accepted for payment on a pro rata basis or by such other method that most nearly approximates a pro rata selection as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and, in each case with respect to any Global Notes, the procedures of the DTC;
(2) the purchase price and the date of purchase; provided, however, ;
(3) that any Notes not tendered or accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Excess Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal shall continue to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.accrue interest;
(c4) In that, unless the event that any other Indebtedness Issuer defaults in the payment of the Company that ranks pari passu purchase price with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsNotes tendered, Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer shall be required to surrender their Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Issuer prior to the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(6) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Issuer receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the Company principal amount of Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall make be issued Notes representing the Net unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that, each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in principal amount of $1.00 and any integral multiple of $1.00 in excess thereof; and
(8) the instructions that Holders must follow in order to tender their Notes. On or before the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, the Issuer shall (i) accept for payment on a pro rata basis or by such other method that most nearly approximates a pro rata selection as the Trustee shall deem fair and appropriate and, in each case with respect to any Global Notes, the procedures of the DTC, the Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Notes or portions thereof so accepted, and (iii) deliver to the Trustee the Notes so accepted, together with an Officers’ Certificate stating that the Notes or portions thereof tendered to the Issuer are accepted for payment. The Paying Agent shall promptly deliver to each Holder of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price of such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver to such Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. The Issuer shall announce to the Holders the results of the Excess Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at as soon as practicable after the same time as Excess Proceeds Payment Date. For the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased4.10, the amount of Trustee shall act as the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds OfferPaying Agent.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of after receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay repay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Applicable Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Applicable Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility (or effect a permanent reduction in availability under such revolving credit facility;
, regardless of the fact that no prepayment is required), (2B) to make an investment in acquire Replacement Assets (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that which, if Collateral will be used in made subject to the business Liens of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto applicable Security Documents), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(13)(A) and (iii)(23)(B).
(b) To . Pending the extent that all or part final application of the Net Cash Proceeds Proceeds, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may temporarily reduce Pari Passu Indebtedness (or, in the case of any an Asset Sale are by a Restricted Subsidiary, Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary) or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not applied within 365 days prohibited by this Indenture. On the 366th day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”3)(A), (3)(B) and (3)(C) of the Company shallpreceding paragraph (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (3)(A), (3)(B) and (3)(C) of the preceding paragraph (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum pro rata basis, that principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued interest and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if the Company elects (or is required by the terms of any Applicable Pari Passu Indebtedness), such Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized made ratably to purchase the Securities and such Applicable Pari Passu Indebtedness. If at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration) or Cash Equivalents, then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.12. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer until there is an aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 35.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales or deemed Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 35.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) ). The first such date the aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount is equal to or in excess of $35.0 million shall be treated for this purpose as the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date. In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.12, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this Section 4.12 with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the Fair Market Value of such properties and assets of the Company may apply or the Unutilized Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required for purposes of this Section 4.12. Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed or caused to be applied mailed, by first class mail, by the Company within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all record Holders as shown on the register of Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.12 and that the Holders may elect to tender their Securities in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Securities properly tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer exceeds the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Securities of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest, if any) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date (which shall be at least 20 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law);
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Security, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to a the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied Holder is withdrawing his election to purchase have such Security purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be issued new Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Securities is not less than surrendered. On or before the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased in accordance with item (1) above, (ii) deposit with the “Security Amount”Paying Agent in accordance with Section 2.14 U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Securities to be purchased and (iii) and deliver to the denominator Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of which is Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the sum purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.12, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. To the extent that the aggregate amount of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt notes tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may use such Other Debt made at the time excess Net Proceeds Offer Amount for general corporate purposes or for any other purposes not -64- prohibited by this Indenture. Upon completion of any such Net Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset to zero. The Company will comply with all tender offer rules under state and federal securities laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder, to the extent applicable to such offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the foregoing "Asset Sale" provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the foregoing provisions of this Indenture by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Tenneco Automotive Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors or if the Fair Market Value of such assets exceeds $20.0 million, the Company shall receive from an investment banking firm of national standing a written opinion in customary form as to the fairness, to the Company, of such Asset Sale) and (ii) at least 7580% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents Marketable Securities and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon . Upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall the Company may apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 180 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor Bank lndebtedness and, in the case of any such Bank Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, to effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment reinvest in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto Wireless Cable Related Assets or (yC) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) to a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1A) and (iii)(2B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 181st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”A), (B) or (C) of the Company shallpreceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (A), (B) or (C) of the preceding sentence (each, a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Net Proceeds Offer Amount is less than $5.0 million, the application of the Net Cash Proceeds constituting such Net Proceeds Offer Amount to a Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are such time as such Net Proceeds Offer Amount plus the aggregate Unutilized amount of all Net Cash Proceeds equal Offer Amounts arising subsequent to or in excess of the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date relating to such initial Net Proceeds Offer Amount from all Asset Sales by the Company and its Subsidiaries aggregates at least $20.0 5.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Company shall apply all Net Cash Proceeds, and not just Proceeds constituting all Net Proceeds Offer Amounts that have been so deferred to make a Net Proceeds Offer (the amount in excess first date the aggregate of all such deferred Net Proceeds Offer Amounts is equal to $20.0 million, 5.0 million or more shall be applied as required pursuant deemed to this paragraphbe a Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date).
(c) In Notwithstanding the event that any two immediately preceding paragraphs (a) and (b), the Company and its Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the extent (i) at least 95% of the consideration for such Asset Sale, other Indebtedness than cash consideration, constitutes assets used in the business of the Company that ranks pari passu with and its Subsidiaries on the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount date of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase transaction, (ii) such Asset Sale is for Fair Market Value (as determined in good faith by the Securities is not less than Company's Board of Directors or if the Security Portion Fair Market Value of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceedssuch assets exceeds $20.0 million, the Company shall make receive from an investment banking firm of national standing a written opinion in customary form as to the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at fairness, to the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect Company, of such Other Debt.
Asset Sale) and (diii) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means the assets acquired in such an Asset Sale have historically generated revenues in an amount at least equal to (1) if no Other Debt is being offered the revenues attributable to be purchasedthe assets disposed of in such Asset Sale, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and multiplied by (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchaseda fraction, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the amount of consideration other than cash consideration received in such Asset Sale, and the denominator of which is the total amount of consideration received in such Asset Sale; provided that any consideration received by the Company or its Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in an Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph that does not assets to be used in the operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds which are subject to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs. In addition, notwithstanding the two immediately preceding paragraphs, the Company will be permitted (i) to consummate the Wireless One Transaction without complying with such paragraphs, (ii) to sell the Call Markets to Wireless One or Wireless One LLC without complying with such paragraphs, (iii) to sell any or all of the RuralVision Sale Assets on or prior to December 31, 1995 without complying with such paragraphs, (iv) to sell any or all of the assets acquired in the AWS Transaction, the CableMaxx Transaction or the TechniVision Transaction on or prior to the first anniversary of the consummation of each such Transaction without complying with such paragraphs, (v) to sell any or all of the assets acquired by way of an Investment permitted by clause (xv) of the second paragraph of Section 4.07 on or prior to the first anniversary of the consummation of such acquisition without complying with such paragraphs and (vi) to sell, in a single transaction or a series of transactions, assets for up to $25 million of non-cash consideration, provided, in the case of clauses (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi) that the Company receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors or if the Fair Market Value of such assets exceeds $20.0 million, the Company shall receive from an investment banking firm of national standing a written opinion in customary form as to the fairness, to the Company, of such Asset Sale).
(d) Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders, at their last registered addresses as of a date within 15 days of the mailing of such notice, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.12 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of all Securities Notes tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the purchase date (which shall be 20 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law) (the "Proceeds Purchase Date");
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the second Business Day prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date, a facsimile transmission or letter, signature guaranteed, setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided, however, -------- ------- that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof. On or before the Proceeds Purchase Date, the Company shall (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the “Security Amount”Paying Agent, in accordance with Section 2.14, U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Notes to be purchased, (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company and (iv) deliver to the Paying Agent an Officers' Certificate specifying the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company and the denominator of which is the sum payees of the Security Amount purchase price. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.12, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the lesser extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the foregoing provisions of this lndenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the foregoing provisions of this Indenture by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Supplemental Indenture (Heartland Wireless Communications Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unlessunless the following conditions are met:
(ia) Parent or the applicable Restricted SubsidiaryThe Asset Sale is for fair market value, as determined in good faith by the case may be, receives consideration at the time Board of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;Directors.
(iib) at At least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the such Restricted Subsidiary, as Subsidiary consists of cash received at closing (except in the case may beof a Permitted Asset Swap). For purposes of this clause (b): (i) the assumption by the purchaser of Debt or other obligations (other than Subordinated Debt) of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a customary novation agreement, and (ii) instruments or securities received from such Asset Sale the purchaser that are promptly, but in any event within 60 days of the closing, converted by the Company to cash, to the extent of the cash actually so received, shall be in the form of considered cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; andclosing.
(iiic) upon Within 365 days after the consummation receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:may be used
(1i) to prepay any repay Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt in each case owing to a Person other than the Company or any Indebtedness Restricted Subsidiary, or
(ii) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of a Permitted Business, or a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person that thereupon becomes a Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not engaged in a Guarantor andPermitted Business, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) or to make an investment in (x) capital expenditures or otherwise acquire long-term assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will are to be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (a Permitted Business; provided that further, that, in the case of this clause (yii), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Cash Proceeds from the date of such commitment if (x) such investment acquisition or capital expenditure is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted consummated within 545 days after receipt by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all Company or part any Restricted Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are and (y) if such acquisition or capital expenditure is not applied consummated within 365 days of such Asset Sale as the period set forth in Section 4.13(a) subclause (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”x), the Net Cash Proceeds not so applied will be deemed to be Excess Proceeds (as defined below);
(d) The Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale not applied pursuant to clause (c) within the time periods specified therein constitute “Excess Proceeds”. Excess Proceeds of less than $10.0 million will be carried forward and accumulated. When accumulated Excess Proceeds equals or exceeds $10.0 million, the Company shallmust, on within 30 days (or, if the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), Company is required to make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”any Senior Debt with such proceeds, within 30 days following the completion of such offer), with make an Offer to Purchase Notes having a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount equal to
(expressed as i) accumulated Excess Proceeds, multiplied by
(ii) a multiple fraction (x) the numerator of $1,000) of Securities which is equal to the Security Portion outstanding principal amount of Unutilized Net Cash Proceedsthe Notes and (y) the denominator of which is equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and all pari passu Debt that is similarly required to be repaid, at a redeemed or tendered for in connection with the Asset Sale, rounded down to the nearest $1,000. The purchase price in cash equal to for the Notes will be 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided. Upon completion of the Offer to Purchase, howeverExcess Proceeds will be reset at zero, that and any Excess Proceeds remaining after consummation of the Net Proceeds Offer to Purchase may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time used for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraphIndenture.
(ce) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.[Reserved]
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Samples: Note (Neenah Foundry Co)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Issuer shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent other than with respect to the Australian Assets, the Issuer or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Issuer's Board of Directors); (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Issuer or the such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Issuer shall apply, or 76 -67- cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay (or, in the case of letters of credit or Eurodollar loans under the Senior Bank Financing, cash collateralize) any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor andor, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment reinvest in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto Productive Assets, or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment prepayment, reduction and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Issuer or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and/or (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and/or (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each, a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase repurchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to the Trustee, date not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion excess, if any, of Unutilized (x) the Net Proceeds Offer Amount over (y) the amount of any such Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds required to be used by the Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to repurchase any senior subordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer outstanding on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness evidenced by the Notes) at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchaserepurchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash, then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.16.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 4.16(a), if a Net Proceeds Offer Amount is less than $10 million, the application of the Net Cash Proceeds constituting such Net Proceeds Offer Amount to a Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are such time as such Net Proceeds Offer Amount plus the aggregate Unutilized amount of all Net Cash Proceeds equal Offer Amounts arising subsequent to or in excess of the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date relating to such initial Net Proceeds Offer Amount from all Asset Sales by the Issuer and its 77 -68- Restricted Subsidiaries aggregates at least $20.0 10 million, at which time the entire amount of Issuer or such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, Restricted Subsidiary shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized all Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required constituting all Net Proceeds Offer Amounts that have been so deferred to be applied to make a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase (the first date the aggregate of all such Other Debt and to a deferred Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied Amounts is equal to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect $10 million or more shall be deemed to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the be a "Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other DebtTrigger Date").
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the 60 -53- Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor (and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, including the New Revolving Credit Facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
), (2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be of a kind used or usable in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”Trigger Date (or if the Net Proceeds Offer has been deferred as described in the last sentence of this paragraph, the date that the unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount equals or exceeds $7.5 million), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Debentures equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Debentures to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized is an ag- 61 -54- gregate unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 7.5 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 7.5 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) ). In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Article Five, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this covenant with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company may apply the Unutilized or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds otherwise for purposes of this covenant. Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date (or if the Net Proceeds Offer has been deferred as described in the first paragraph of this Section 4.16(a), the date that the aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount equals or exceeds $7.5 million), with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Debentures in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Debentures in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Debentures of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of at least 20 and not more than 30 Business Days or such longer period as may be required to be applied by law. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Debentures tendered pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may use any remaining Net Proceeds Offer Amount for general corporate purposes. Upon completion of any such Net Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset at zero.
(b) Subject to offer the deferral of the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date contained in the first paragraph of subsection (a) above, each notice of a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.16 shall be mailed or caused to be mailed, by first class mail, by the Company not more than 25 days after the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last regis- 62 -55- tered addresses as of a date within 15 days of the mailing of such notice, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Debentures pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.16 and that all Debentures tendered will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Debentures tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall select the Debentures to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the amounts tendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Debentures in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the purchase date (which shall be at least 20 and not more than 30 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Other Debt and Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law) (the "Proceeds Purchase Date");
(3) that any Debenture not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Debenture accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Debenture purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as will be required to surrender the Debenture, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Debenture completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(7) that Holders whose Debentures are purchased only in part will be issued new Debentures in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Debentures surrendered; provided that each Debenture purchased and each new Debenture issued shall be in an original principal amount of such Unutilized Net Cash $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; On or before the Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsPurchase Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Debentures or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities validly tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the “Security Amount”) and Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Other Debt tendered Debentures to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Debentures so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Debentures or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Debentures so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.16, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. Any amounts remaining after the purchase of Debentures pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to purchase the Company. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such Other Debt made at laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the time repurchase of such Debentures pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer.. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.16 by virtue thereof. ARTICLE FIVE
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Samples: Indenture (McMS Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofof (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors);
(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2A) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or,
(3B) to permanently reduce Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement; provided that, to the extent the Asset Sale comprised assets of the Company, the transfer of any Net Cash Proceeds from the Company to Coinmach Corp. in order to reduce such Indebtedness is made in compliance with Section 4.20,
(C) to the extent the Asset Sale comprised assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor or an Intercompany Note Obligor, to permanently reduce Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor or an Intercompany Note Obligor, or
(D) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(2iii)(C).
; provided, however, that (b1) To the extent 75% limitation set forth in clause (ii) of this paragraph shall not apply to any proposed Asset Sale for which an independent certified accounting firm shall certify to the Board of Directors of the Company and the Trustee that all the after-tax cash portion of the consideration to be received by the company or part such Restricted Subsidiary in such proposed Asset Sale is equal to or greater than what the net after-tax cash proceeds would have been had such proposed Asset Sale Complied with the 75% limitation set forth in clause (ii) of this paragraph; (2) for purposes of this Section 4.16, Cash Equivalents shall include any Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) that is assumed by the transferee and for which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is reasonably indemnified in connection with the relevant Asset Sale; and (3) any Asset Sale of the Intercompany Note or any Intercompany Note Guarantee, or any interest therein, shall be made in compliance with the terms of the Security Agreement or the Pledge Agreement, as applicable. On the 361st day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B), (iii)(C) and (iii)(D) of the Company shallpreceding paragraph (each, on the 366th day (the a “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B), (iii)(C) and (iii)(D) of the preceding paragraph (each, a “Net Proceeds Offer Amount”) shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with ) on a copy to the Trustee, date (a “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) in the case of an Asset Sale comprising assets of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall not be required to make a Net Proceeds Offer to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary is not permitted pursuant to its outstanding Indebtedness to make a Restricted Payment to the Company, and (ii) if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.16. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million5,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph). In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, which transaction does not constitute a Change of Control, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.16, and shall comply with the provisions of this Section with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the Fair Market Value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 4.16. Notwithstanding the first two paragraphs of this Section 4.16(a), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraph to the extent that (i) at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii) such Asset Sale is for Fair Market Value; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of this Section 4.16(a).
(cb) In Subject to the event that any other Indebtedness deferral of the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date contained in subsection (a) above, each notice of a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.16 shall be mailed, by first class mail, by the Company not more than 25 days after the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last registered addresses as of a date within 15 days of the mailing of such notice, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that ranks pari passu with the Securities Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.16 and that all Notes tendered, in whole or any other Indebtedness in part, will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with Notes tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon exceeds the consummation aggregate amount of an Asset Salethe Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may apply shall select the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required Notes to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis;
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the purchase date (which shall be 20 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law) (the “Proceeds Purchase Date”);
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than five Business Days prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Other Debt and Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered;
(8) that Holders of IDSs electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as will be required to separate its IDSs into shares of the amount Company’s Class A Common Stock and Notes; and
(9) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of such Unutilized Net Cash Control. On or before the Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsPurchase Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the “Security Amount”) and Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Other Debt tendered Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.16, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. Any amounts remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to purchase the Company. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such Other Debt made at laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the time repurchase of such Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 4.16 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Coinmach Service Corp)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent IRSA will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale (including capital stock of its Restricted Subsidiaries) unless:
(i) Parent : 11924629 IRSA or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such the Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets or Capital Stock sold or otherwise disposed of;; and
(iia) at least 75% of the consideration received for the assets or Capital Stock sold by Parent IRSA or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such in the Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is and/or Property to be used in a Permitted Business (including Capital Stock of a Person engaged in a Permitted Business) received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, . IRSA or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to applySubsidiary, as the case may be, must apply 85% of the Net Cash Proceeds relating to of any such Asset Sale within 365 days twenty-four (24) months (or, if not so applied by such date, committed to be applied within fifteen (15) months of receipt the expiration of such preliminary twenty-four (24) month period) thereof eitherto:
(1a) to prepay any repay Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject IRSA or Indebtedness of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”)Subsidiaries; and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).or
(b) invest in a Permitted Business (including expenditures for maintenance, repair or improvement of existing Properties and acquisitions of Capital Stock of Persons engaged in a Permitted Business); provided that IRSA or such Restricted Subsidiary, pending application of such Net Cash Proceeds in accordance with clause (a) or (b) above, may invest such Net Cash Proceeds in Temporary Cash Investments. To the extent that all or a part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied or committed to be applied within 365 days twenty-four (24) months of such the Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceedsdescribed above, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), IRSA will make an offer to purchase Securities (a the “Net Proceeds Asset Sale Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, to the date of purchase; providedpurchase (the “Asset Sale Offer Amount”). IRSA will purchase pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer from all tendering Holders on a pro rata basis, and, at IRSA’s option, on a pro rata basis with the holders of any other Senior Indebtedness with similar provisions requiring IRSA to offer to purchase the other Senior Indebtedness with the proceeds of Asset Sales, that principal amount (or accreted value in the case of Indebtedness issued with original issue discount) of Securities and the other Senior Indebtedness to be purchased equal to such unapplied Net Cash Proceeds. IRSA may satisfy its obligations under this covenant with respect to the Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale by making an Asset Sale Offer prior to the expiration of such preliminary twenty-four (24) month period. The Asset Sale Offer will remain open for a period of not less than twenty (20) business days, or any longer period as may be required by law. IRSA may, however, that the Net Proceeds defer an Asset Sale Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized amount of unapplied Net Cash Proceeds from one or more Asset Sales equal to or in excess of $US$20.0 million. At that time, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $US$20.0 million, shall will be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation covenant. 11924629 Each notice of an Asset SaleSale Offer will be mailed first class, postage prepaid, to the Company may apply record Holders as shown on the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required register of Holders within twenty (20) days following such preliminary twenty-four (24) month period, with a copy to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied Trustee offering to purchase the Securities as described above. Each notice of an Asset Sale Offer will state, among other things, the purchase date, which must be no earlier than thirty (30) days nor later than sixty (60) days from the date the notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law (the “Asset Sale Offer Payment Date”). Upon receiving notice of an Asset Sale Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Securities in whole or in part in integral multiples of US$1,000 in exchange for cash. On the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, IRSA will, to the extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Securities or portions thereof properly tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent funds in an amount equal to the Asset Sale Offer Amount in respect of all Securities or portions thereof so tendered; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee the Securities so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Securities or portions thereof being purchased by IRSA. To the extent Holders of Securities and holders of other Senior Indebtedness, if any, which are the subject of an Asset Sale Offer properly tender and do not less than withdraw Securities or the Security Portion other Senior Indebtedness in an aggregate amount exceeding the amount of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, IRSA will purchase the Company shall make Securities and the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase other Senior Indebtedness on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). If only a portion of a note is made purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer, a new Security in a principal amount equal to the portion thereof not purchased will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof upon cancellation of the original note (or appropriate adjustments to the amount and beneficial interests in a global note will be made, as appropriate). Securities (or portions thereof) purchased pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer will be cancelled and cannot be reissued. IRSA will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-l under the Exchange Act and any Other Debt and other applicable securities laws in connection with the purchase date in respect of Securities pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the Securities shall extent that the provisions of any applicable securities laws or regulations conflict with the “Asset Sale” provisions set forth here, IRSA will comply with these laws and regulations and will not be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes deemed to have breached its obligations of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion Indenture by doing so. Upon completion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedan Asset Sale Offer, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered will be reset at zero. Accordingly, to be purchased, the extent that the aggregate amount of Securities and other Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Unutilized aggregate amount of unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, IRSA and its Restricted Subsidiaries may use any remaining Net Cash Proceeds equal for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If at any time any consideration other than cash or Cash Equivalents received by IRSA or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect 11924629 to any non-cash consideration), the product of (x) conversion or disposition will be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and thereof will be applied or committed to be applied as described above within twenty-four (y24) a fraction the numerator months of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount conversion or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerdisposition.
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Samples: Indenture (Cresud Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors as evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
subject to such Asset Sale, (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from for such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents and is received at or liabilities of the time Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of such disposition; and
assets (iii) upon provided, that there is no further recourse to the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any with respect to such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectivelyliabilities), “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
iii) within 12 months of such Asset Sale, the Net Proceeds thereof are (a) invested in assets related to the business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) To to the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale used as set forth provided in Section 4.13(a) clause (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”a), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), applied to make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”)the Original Notes, with a copy if any are then outstanding, pursuant to Section 4.10 of the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsOriginal Indenture, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Original Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchase or (c) to the extent not used as provided in clauses (a) or (b), applied to make an offer to purchase Notes as described below (an "Excess Proceeds Offer"); provided, that if the amount of Net Proceeds from any Asset Sale not used pursuant to clause (a) 47 49 and (b) above is less than $5.0 million, the Company shall not be required to make an offer pursuant to clause (c). Pending the final application of any such Net Proceeds, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Facility or the German Subsidiary Facilities, or temporarily invest such Net Proceeds in Cash Equivalents. The amount of Net Proceeds not used as set forth in the preceding clause (a) and (b) constitutes "Excess Proceeds." If the Company elects, or becomes obligated to make an Excess Proceeds Offer, the Company shall offer to purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to the Excess Proceeds (the "Purchase Amount"), at a purchase price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date. The Company must commence such Excess Proceeds Offer not later than 30 days after the expiration of the 12-month period following the Asset Sale that produced Excess Proceeds. If the aggregate purchase price for the Notes tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may use the portion of the Excess Proceeds remaining after payment of such purchase price for general corporate purposes. Each Excess Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days and no longer, unless a longer period is required by law (the "Excess Proceeds Offer Period"). Promptly after the termination of the Excess Proceeds Offer Period (the "Excess Proceeds Payment Date"), the Company shall purchase and mail or deliver payment for the Purchase Amount for the Notes or portions thereof tendered, pro rata or by such other method as may be required by law, or, if less than the Purchase Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer. The principal amount of Notes to be purchased pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer may be reduced by the principal amount of Notes acquired by the Company through purchase or redemption (other than pursuant to a Change of Control Offer) subsequent to the date of purchase; providedthe Asset Sale and surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. Each Excess Proceeds Offer shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, howeverincluding without limitation, Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act and the rules thereunder and all other applicable Federal and state securities laws. To the extent that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to provisions of any securities laws or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu regulations conflict with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceedsthis Section 4.10, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have 48 50 breached its obligations under this Section 4.10 by virtue thereof. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or suffer to exist or become effective any restriction that would impair the ability of the Company to make the Net an Excess Proceeds Offer in respect thereof upon an Asset Sale or, if such Excess Proceeds Offer is made, to pay for the Notes tendered for purchase. The Company shall, no later than 30 days following the expiration of the 12-month period following the Asset Sale that produced Excess Proceeds, commence the Excess Proceeds Offer by mailing to the Trustee and each Holder, at such Holder's last registered address, a notice, which shall govern the same time as terms of the analogous offer to purchase Excess Proceeds Offer, and shall state:
(1) that the Excess Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to any Other Debt this Section 4.10, the principal amount of Notes which shall be accepted for payment and that all Notes validly tendered shall be accepted for payment on a pro rata basis;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date of purchase;
(3) that any Notes not tendered or accepted for payment pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer shall continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in respect the payment of the Securities purchase price with respect to any Notes tendered, Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer shall be required to surrender their Notes, with the same as form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Company prior to the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(6) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes the Holder delivered for purchase 49 51 and a statement that such Holdxx xx withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued Notes representing the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in principal amount of $1,000 or whole multiples thereof; and
(8) the instructions that Holders must follow in order to tender their Notes. On or before the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, the Company shall (i) accept for payment on a pro rata basis the Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the purchase date price of all Notes or portions thereof so accepted and (iii) deliver to the Trustee the Notes so accepted, together with an Officers' Certificate stating that the Notes or portions thereof tendered to the Company are accepted for payment. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes so accepted payment in respect an amount equal to the purchase price of such Other Debt.
(d) Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. The Company shall make a public announcement of the results of the Excess Proceeds Offer as soon as practicable after the Excess Proceeds Payment Date. For the purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased4.10, the amount of Trustee shall act as the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds OfferPaying Agent.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors); (ii) at least 75% 7S% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents (provided that the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Company's or such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed to be cash for the purposes of this provision) and is received at the time of such dispositiondisposition or within 180 days thereafter; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses the same, similar or reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii) (A) and (iii)(2iii) (B).
(b) To . Subject to the extent that all last sentence of this paragraph, on the 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(aclause (iii) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”A), (iii) (B) or (iii) (C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii) (A), (iii) (B) and (iii) (C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase, but installments of interest, the maturity of which is on or prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date, shall be payable to Holders of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates referred to in Section 2.12; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 2,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million2,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this the preceding paragraph.
(c) ). In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied entirety to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to Person in a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.trans-
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Samples: Securities Purchase Agreement (Wilson Greatbatch Technologies Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will Issuer shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent Issuer or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
; (ii) at least 7580% of the consideration received by Parent Issuer or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents Equivalents; and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent Issuer shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 180 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to permanently prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt term loans of Issuer or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were under the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor andU.S. Credit Fa- 61 -54- cility and/or Foreign Credit Facility, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facilityas applicable, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2B) to make an investment in Replacement Assets or (xC) assets any combination of the foregoing clauses (A) and (B); provided, however, that replace if the assets that which were the subject of such Asset Sale constitute Collateral, Issuer or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall have entered into appropriate security documents pursuant to Article 12, and such Replacement Assets shall be subject to a perfected first priority Lien in assets that will be used in favor of the business of Parent Trustee and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any shall constitute Collateral. Pending such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectivelyapplication, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To to the extent that all the assets which are the subject of any Asset Sale constitute Collateral, such Net Cash Proceeds shall be deposited in the Collateral Account in accordance with this Indenture, and Issuer or part of the applicable Restricted Subsidiary shall enter into appropriate security documents pursuant to Article 12 and the Net Cash Proceeds of any such Asset Sale are shall be subject to a perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Trustee. On the 181st day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of Issuer or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not applied within 365 days of to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(aclause (iii) of the next preceding sentence (such Net Cash Proceedseach, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clause (iii) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofat maturity of the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. Issuer may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 5.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In ). To the event extent that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise of any Asset Sale of assets constituting Collateral are not required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt the Notes and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized if there are Net Cash Proceeds applied remaining in the Collateral Account after all such offers or redemp- 62 -55- tions required or permitted by this Indenture, then such remaining Net Cash Proceeds shall be held in the Collateral Account as Collateral and shall be permitted to purchase be reinvested by Issuer at any time as provided above. Pending the Securities final application of the Net Cash Proceeds of a sale of assets not constituting Collateral, Issuer may temporarily reduce revolving credit indebtedness or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner that is not less than prohibited by this Indenture. In the Security Portion event of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceedsa Person in a transaction permitted under Article 5, the Company Surviving Entity shall make be deemed to have sold the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt properties and assets of Issuer and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion and shall comply with the provisions of Unutilized this Section 4.13 with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of Issuer and the Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds” means Proceeds for purposes of this Section 4.13. Promptly, and in any event within 25 days after Issuer becomes obligated to make a Net Proceeds Offer, Issuer shall be obligated to deliver to the Trustee and send, to each Holder, at the address appearing in the Notes Register, a written notice stating that the Holder may elect to have his Notes purchased by Issuer either in whole or in part (1subject to prorationing as hereinafter described in the event the Net Proceeds Offer is oversubscribed) if no Other Debt in integral multiples of $1,000 of principal amount, at the applicable purchase price. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Net Proceeds Offer, shall include such disclosures as are required by law and shall specify (i) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being offered made pursuant to be purchased, this Section 4.13; (ii) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest, if any) for each Note and the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Payment Date; (iii) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest in accordance with the terms thereof; (iv) that, unless Issuer defaults on making the payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Purchase Date; (2v) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender their Notes to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date and must complete any form letter of transmittal proposed by Issuer and acceptable to the Trustee and the Paying Agent; (vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if Other Debt is being offered the Paying Agent receives, not later than one Business Day prior to be purchasedthe Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telex, facsimile transmission or 63 -56- letter setting forth the amount name of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is Holder, the principal amount of all Securities Notes the Holder delivered for purchase, the Note certificate number (if any) and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Notes purchased; (vii) that if Notes in a principal amount in excess of the aggregate principal amount which Issuer has offered to purchase are tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer, Issuer shall purchase Notes on a pro rata basis among the Notes tendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by Issuer so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 shall be acquired); (viii) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; and (ix) the instructions that Holders must follow in order to tender their Notes. Not later than the date upon which written notice of a Net Proceeds Offer related is delivered to such Unutilized the Trustee as provided below, Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate as to (i) the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, (ii) the allocation of the Net Cash Proceeds from the Asset Sale pursuant to which such Net Proceeds Offer is being made, and (iii) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of this Section 4.13. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Net Proceeds Offer remains open (the “Security Amount”"Net Proceeds Offer Period"), Issuer shall deliver to the Trustee for cancellation the Notes or portions thereof which have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by Issuer. Not later than 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, Issuer shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or, if Issuer is acting as Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust) an amount in cash sufficient to pay the denominator of which is Net Proceeds Offer Amount for all Notes properly tendered to and accepted by Issuer. The Trustee shall, on the sum Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, mail or deliver payment to each tendering Holder in the amount of the Security Amount purchase price. Holders electing to have a Note purchased will be required to surrender the Note, together with all necessary endorsements and other appropriate materials duly completed, to Issuer at the lesser address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date. Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election in whole or in part if the Trustee or Issuer receives not later than one Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Note (which shall be $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof) which was delivered for purchase by the Holder, the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of such Note (if any) that remains subject to the original notice of the relevant Net Proceeds Offer and that has been or will be delivered for purchase date by Issuer and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased. If at the expiration of all Other Debt the Net Proceeds Offer Period the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Issuer shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (to the extent practicable) based on the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered by each Holder (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by Issuer so that only securities in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased). Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. To the extent that the aggregate amount of principal and accrued interest of Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Issuer may use such surplus for general corporate purposes. Upon completion of a Net Proceeds Offer, the aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount with respect to the applicable Asset Sale or Asset Sales shall be reset to zero. A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law. A Note shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase such Other Debt made at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering Holder. Issuer shall comply with the requirements of Section 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer.
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Samples: Indenture (Decora Industries Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 7580% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of ranking at least pari passu with the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor Securities and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its the Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million5,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) ). In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu with and the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires Restricted Subsidiaries as an offer entirety to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Salea Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the Company may apply successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt properties and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount assets of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.134.17, “Security Portion and shall comply with the provisions of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) this Section 4.17 with respect to such deemed sale as if no Other Debt is being offered it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 4.17. Notwithstanding the two immediately preceding paragraphs, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the extent (a) at least 80% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (2b) if Other Debt such Asset Sale is being offered for fair market value; provided that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds equal subject to the product provisions of (x) the Unutilized two immediately preceding paragraphs. Notice of each Net Cash Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.17 shall be mailed or caused to be mailed, by first class mail, by the Company within 15 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last registered addresses, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (and shall state the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.following terms:
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Samples: Indenture (Arcon Coating Mills Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofof (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors);
(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2A) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “"Replacement Assets”"); and/or,
(3B) to permanently reduce Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement; provided that, to the extent the Asset Sale comprised assets of the Company, the transfer of any Net Cash Proceeds from the Company to Coinmach Corp. in order to reduce such Indebtedness is made in compliance with Section 4.20,
(C) to the extent the Asset Sale comprised assets of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor or an Intercompany Note Obligor, to permanently reduce Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor or an Intercompany Note Obligor, or
(D) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(2iii)(C).
; provided, however, that (b1) To the extent 75% limitation set forth in clause (ii) of this paragraph shall not apply to any proposed Asset Sale for which an independent certified accounting firm shall certify to the Board of Directors of the Company and the Trustee that all the after-tax cash portion of the consideration to be received by the company or part such Restricted Subsidiary in such proposed Asset Sale is equal to or greater than what the net after-tax cash proceeds would have been had such proposed Asset Sale Complied with the 75% limitation set forth in clause (ii) of this paragraph; (2) for purposes of this Section 4.16, Cash Equivalents shall include any Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (as shown on the Company's or such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) that is assumed by the transferee and for which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is reasonably indemnified in connection with the relevant Asset Sale; and (3) any Asset Sale of the Intercompany Note or any Intercompany Note Guarantee, or any interest therein, shall be made in compliance with the terms of the Security Agreement. On the 361st day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B), (iii)(C) and (iii)(D) of the Company shallpreceding paragraph (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B), (iii)(C) and (iii)(D) of the preceding paragraph (each, a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “"Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to the Trustee, date (a "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) in the case of an Asset Sale comprising assets of a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, the Company shall not be required to make a Net Proceeds Offer to the extent such Restricted Subsidiary is not permitted pursuant to its outstanding Indebtedness to make a Restricted Payment to the Company, and (ii) if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.16. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million5,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph). In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, which transaction does not constitute a Change of Control, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.16, and shall comply with the provisions of this Section with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the Fair Market Value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 4.16. Notwithstanding the first paragraph of this Section 4.16(a), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraph to the extent that (i) at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii) such Asset Sale is for Fair Market Value; provided that any cash or Cash Equivalents received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the second paragraph of this Section 4.16(a).
(cb) In Subject to the event that any other Indebtedness deferral of the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date contained in subsection (a) above, each notice of a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.16 shall be mailed, by first class mail, by the Company not more than 25 days after the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last registered addresses as of a date within 15 days of the mailing of such notice, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that ranks pari passu with the Securities Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.16 and that all Notes tendered, in whole or any other Indebtedness in part, will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with Notes tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon exceeds the consummation aggregate amount of an Asset Salethe Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may apply shall select the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required Notes to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis;
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the purchase date (which shall be 20 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law) (the "Proceeds Purchase Date");
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than five Business Days prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Other Debt and Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered;
(8) that Holders of IDSs electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as will be required to separate its IDSs into shares of the amount Company's Class A Common Stock and Notes; and
(9) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding such Change of such Unutilized Net Cash Control. On or before the Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsPurchase Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the “Security Amount”) and Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Other Debt tendered Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.16, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. Any amounts remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to purchase the Company. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such Other Debt made at laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the time repurchase of such Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 4.16 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Coinmach Laundry Corp)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will Holdings shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent Holdings or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary), (ii) at least 7580% of the consideration received by Parent Holdings or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of (x) cash or Cash Equivalents Equivalents, (y) Replacement Assets or (z) any combination of the foregoing and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent Holdings shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 270 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (ii) or Guarantor Senior Debt clause (xii) of the definition of "Permitted Indebtedness" (other than subordinated Indebtedness) or any Indebtedness for borrowed money of the any Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, and effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
thereunder, (2B) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto Replacement Assets or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii) (A) and (iii)(2iii) (B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 271st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of Holdings or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines, as the case may be, not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(aclauses (iii) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”A), (iii) (B) and (iii) (C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii) (A), (iii) (B) and (iii) (C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) holders of Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness (to the extent required by the terms of such Pari Passu Indebtedness) on a pro rata basis based on the aggregate outstanding amount of Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness, that amount of Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness in the aggregate equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to, with respect to the Securities, 100% of the principal amount thereofthereof (including the accreted amount, in the case of the Amended Securities), plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase, and with respect to any Pari Passu Indebtedness, an amount not greater than 100% of the principal amount of such Pari Passu Indebtedness (which includes any accreted amount, thereof); provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. Holdings may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million5,000.000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
). Pending the final application of such Net Cash Proceeds, Holdings may temporarily cause the Company to cause the Guarantors to reduce Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Facility or invest such Net Cash Proceeds in Cash Equivalents. For purposes of clause (cii) (x) of the immediately preceding paragraph, the term "cash" shall include the amount of any Indebtedness for borrowed money or any Capitalized Lease Obligations (A) that is assumed by the transferee of any assets or property which constitutes the Asset Sale or (B) with respect to the sale or disposition of all of the Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, that remains the liability of such Restricted Subsidiary subsequent to such sale or other disposition, in each case, provided that there is no further recourse to Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such Indebtedness. In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Article Five, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of Holdings and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this covenant with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the Company may apply the Unutilized fair market value of such properties and assets of Holdings or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds otherwise for purposes of this Section 4.05. Each Net Proceeds Offer shall be mailed to the record Holders of Securities as shown on the register of Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders of Securities may elect to tender their Securities in whole or in part in integral multiples of $0.01 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Securities in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Securities of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 business days or such longer period as may be required by applicable law. Holdings shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to be applied the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as Offer. To the amount extent that the provisions of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.134.05, “Security Portion Holdings shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached or violated any of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerits obligations under this Section 4.05 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Rab Enterprises Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Guarantor will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unlessunless the following conditions are met:
(i) Parent The Asset Sale is for fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
(ii) At least 75% of the consideration consists of cash or Cash Equivalents. (For purposes of this clause (ii), the applicable assumption by the purchasers of Debt or other obligations (other than Subordinated Debt) of the Guarantor or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a customary novation agreement, and instruments or securities received from the purchasers that are promptly, but in any event within 90 days of the closing, converted by the Guarantor to cash, to the extent of the cash actually so received, shall be considered cash received at closing.)
(iii) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds may be used (each, a “Permitted Reinvestment”):
(A) to permanently repay Debt other than Subordinated Debt of the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary (and in the case of a revolving credit, permanently reduce the commitment thereunder by such amount), in each case owing to a Person other than the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(B) to acquire or invest in (or within such 360-day period in this clause (B) the Guarantor’s Board of Directors shall have made a good faith determination to acquire or invest, as which acquisition or investment shall be consummated prior to the case may be, receives consideration at the time second anniversary of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Sale) (i) all or substantially all of the assets sold of a Permitted Business, (ii) a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person that thereupon becomes a Restricted Subsidiary engaged in a Permitted Business, or to make capital expenditures or otherwise disposed of;acquire long-term assets that are to be used in a Permitted Business or (iii) a Permitted Business Investment; or
(iiC) to acquire Productive Assets for the Guarantor or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that pending the final application of any such Net Cash Proceeds in accordance with this clause (iii), the Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Debt or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by the indenture.
(iv) Notwithstanding clauses (i)-(iii) above, the Guarantor and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such clauses to the extent:
(A) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from for such Asset Sale constitutes Productive Assets, cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Marketable Securities; and
(B) the Asset Sale is for fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors; provided that any consideration not constituting Productive Assets received by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this clause shall be applied (in the form case of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents and is received Marketable Securities within 360 days after the receipt thereof) in accordance with Section 4.14(a)(iii) above.
(v) The Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale not applied pursuant to Section 4.14(a)(iii) within 360 days of the Asset Sale constitute “Excess Proceeds.” Excess Proceeds of less than U.S.$50.0 million (or the equivalent thereof at the time of determination) will be carried forward and accumulated. When accumulated Excess Proceeds equals or exceeds such disposition; andamount, the Guarantor must, within 30 days, make an Offer to Purchase Notes having a principal amount equal to:
(iiiA) upon accumulated Excess Proceeds, multiplied by
(B) a fraction (x) the consummation numerator of an which is equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and (y) the denominator of which is equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and all pari passu Debt similarly required to be repaid, redeemed or tendered for in connection with the Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary rounded down to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of nearest U.S.$1,000. The purchase price for the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that Notes will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that . If the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are to Purchase is for less than all of the outstanding Notes and Notes in an aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the principal amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required the purchase amount are tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Saleoffer, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required Guarantor will purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date amount on a pro rata basis, with adjustments so that only Notes in respect multiples of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to U.S.$1,000 principal amount will be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedprovided that after a purchase from a Holder in part, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the such Holder shall hold U.S.$200,000 in principal amount of Notes or a multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof. The Guarantor shall obtain all Securities tendered pursuant necessary consents and approvals from the Central Bank of Brazil for the remittance of funds outside Brazil prior to the Net Proceeds making any Offer related to Purchase. Any failure to obtain such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) consents and the denominator approvals will constitute an Event of which is the sum Default. Upon completion of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant Offer to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made Purchase, Excess Proceeds will be reset at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerzero.
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Samples: Indenture (Cosan Ltd.)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofdisposed;
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; provided that the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the most recent applicable balance sheet) of Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision so long as the documents governing such liabilities provide that there is no further recourse to Parent or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to such liabilities; and
(iii3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
(1a) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facilityrepay First Priority Claims;
(2b) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in long-term properties and assets that will be used in the business (including expenditures for maintenance, repair or improvement of existing properties and assets) of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “"Replacement Assets”"); and/oror
(3c) a combination of prepayment repayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(13)(a) and (iii)(23)(b).
(b) To . Pending the extent that all final application of Net Cash Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings or part invest such Net Cash Proceeds in Cash Equivalents. On the 361st day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of Parent or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”3)(a), 3(b) or 3(c) of the Company shallpreceding paragraph (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (3)(a), (3)(b) and (3)(c) of the preceding paragraph (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up Holders and all holders of other Applicable Indebtedness containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Section 4.16 on a pro rata basis, the maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple at maturity of $1,000) of Securities equal to Notes and such other Applicable Indebtedness that may be purchased with the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofthereof (or if such Indebtedness was issued with original issue discount, 100% of the accreted value), plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Additional Interest thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary of Parent, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder on the date of such conversion or disposition, as the case may be, and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer any Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales in which case the accumulation of such amount shall constitute a Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 5.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this the immediately preceding paragraph.
(c) In ). Upon the event that any other Indebtedness completion of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a each Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsOffer, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof Amount will be reset at zero. In the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect event of the Securities transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted in Section 5.01, which transaction does not constitute a Change of Control, the successor entity shall be deemed to have sold the same as the purchase date in respect properties and assets of such Other Debt.
(d) For Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.13covenant, “Security Portion and shall comply with the provisions of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means this covenant (1other than clause (2) of the first paragraph of this covenant) with respect to such deemed sale as if no Other Debt is being offered it constituted an Asset Sale. In addition, the Fair Market Value of such properties and assets of Parent or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, for purposes of this covenant. To the amount of extent that the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of all Securities Notes tendered pursuant to such Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer related to Amount, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may use such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds deficiency for any purposes not prohibited by this Indenture (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator including repayment of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time Indebtedness). Upon completion of such Net Proceeds Offer, the amount of Net Proceeds Offer Amount will be reset to zero. Each notice of a Net Proceeds Offer shall be mailed first class, postage prepaid, to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 20 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Notes in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Notes of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 business days or such longer period as may be required by law. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the "Asset Sale" provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the "Asset Sale" provisions of this Indenture by virtue of such compliance.
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Samples: Indenture (Eschelon Telecom Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofof (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors);
(ii) at least 7585% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 180 days of receipt thereof either:
(1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”"REPLACEMENT ASSETS"); and/oror
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To On the extent that all 181st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(aclause (iii) of paragraph (a) (each, an "OFFER TRIGGER DATE"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clause (iii) of paragraph (a) (each an "OFFER AMOUNT") shall be applied by the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (the "NET PROCEEDS OFFER") on a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to date (the Trustee, "NET PROCEEDS OFFER PAYMENT DATE") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds applicable Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal PRO RATA basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.16. The Company may defer making the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsOffer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 5.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph).
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.1, which transaction does not constitute a Change of Control, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.16, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this Section 4.16 with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 4.16.
(d) Each Net Proceeds Offer shall be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 25 days following the Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.16 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may apply shall select the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required Notes to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered) (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the purchase date (which shall be 20 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed, or such longer period as may be required by law) (the "PROCEEDS PURCHASE DATE");
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest if interest is then accruing;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceeding the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceeding the Proceeds Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Other Debt and Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal to principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered.
(e) Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Notes in an amount exceeding the Offer Amount, Notes of tendering Holders shall be purchased on a PRO RATA basis (based on amounts tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer so long shall remain open for a period of 20 business days or such longer period as may be required by law.
(f) On or before the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsPurchase Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to be purchased in accordance with item (b) above, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted for cancellation pursuant to Section 2.11, together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, and the Company shall execute and issue, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security Amount and Notes surrendered. The Company shall publicly announce the lesser results of the Net Proceeds Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Proceeds Purchase Date. For purposes of this Section 4.16, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
(g) To the extent that the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt Notes tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may use any remaining Net Proceeds Offer Amount for general corporate purposes, and the Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall return to purchase zero.
(h) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such Other Debt made at laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the time repurchase of such Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with Section 4.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 4.16 by virtue thereof.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent Xxxxxx Publishing will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent Xxxxxx Publishing or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofof (as determined in good faith by Xxxxxx Publishing’s Board of Directors);
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent Xxxxxx Publishing or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Replacement Assets (as defined below) and is received at the time of such disposition; provided, however, that the amount of (i) any liabilities (as shown on Xxxxxx Publishing’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of Xxxxxx Publishing or any such Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee of a Guarantor) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision and (ii) any notes or other obligations received by Xxxxxx Publishing or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are immediately converted by Xxxxxx Publishing or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) shall be deemed, to the extent of cash so received, to be cash for purposes of this provision; and
(iii3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent Xxxxxx Publishing shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof eitherthereof:
(1a) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2b) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets (excluding Capital Stock) that will be used in the business of Parent Xxxxxx Publishing and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3c) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(13)(a) and (iii)(23)(b).
(b) To . Pending the extent that all final application of such Net Cash Proceeds, Xxxxxx Publishing may temporarily reduce borrowings under the Credit Agreement or part any other revolving credit facility. On the 361st day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of Xxxxxx Publishing or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”3)(a), (3)(b) and (3)(c) of the Company shallpreceding paragraph (each, on the 366th day (the a “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (3)(a), (3)(b) and (3)(c) of the preceding paragraph (each a “Net Proceeds Offer Amount”) shall be applied by Xxxxxx Publishing or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a the “Net Proceeds Offer”)) to all Holders and, with a copy to the Trusteeextent required by the terms of any Pari Passu Indebtedness, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following an offer to purchase to all holders of such 366th day Pari Passu Indebtedness on a date (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”)) not less than 30 nor more than 45 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, from all outstanding Securities up to Holders (and holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness) on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount of Notes (expressed as a multiple of $1,000and Pari Passu Indebtedness) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes (and Pari Passu Indebtedness) to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by Xxxxxx Publishing or any Restricted Subsidiary of Xxxxxx Publishing, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. Xxxxxx Publishing may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 10.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 10.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) ). In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of Xxxxxx Publishing and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.1 hereof, which transaction does not constitute a Change of Control, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of Xxxxxx Publishing and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this covenant with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the Company may apply the Unutilized fair market value of such properties and assets of Xxxxxx Publishing or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required for purposes of this covenant. Xxxxxx Publishing will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, engage in any Asset Swaps, unless:
(1) at the time of entering into such Asset Swap and immediately after giving effect to such Asset Swap, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof;
(2) in the event such Asset Swap involves the transfer by Xxxxxx Publishing or any Restricted Subsidiary of assets having an aggregate fair market value in excess of $25.0 million, either (i) the terms of such Asset Swap shall be approved by a majority of the Independent Directors of Xxxxxx Publishing, but in no event fewer than two Independent Directors of Xxxxxx Publishing, such approval to be applied evidenced by a Board Resolution stating that such Independent Directors have determined that such transaction complies with the foregoing provisions or, (ii) in the event there are fewer than two such Independent Directors, Xxxxxx Publishing shall, prior to the consummation thereof, obtain a favorable opinion as to the fairness of such Asset Swap to Xxxxxx Publishing or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from a financial point of view, from an Independent Financial Advisor and file the same with the Trustee; and
(3) in the event such Asset Swap involves the transfer by Xxxxxx Publishing or any Restricted Subsidiary of assets having an aggregate fair market value in excess of $50.0 million, Xxxxxx Publishing shall, prior to the consummation thereof, obtain a favorable opinion as to the fairness of such Asset Swap to Xxxxxx Publishing or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from a financial point of view, from an Independent Financial Advisor and file the same with the Trustee. Xxxxxx Publishing will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as Offer. To the amount extent that the provisions of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes “Asset Sale” provisions of this Section 4.13Indenture, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered Xxxxxx Publishing shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (have breached its obligations under the “Security Amount”) and the denominator Asset Sale” provisions of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerthis Indenture by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Oak Ridger LLC)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) with respect to Asset Sales by the Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company, at least 7580% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted such Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
disposition and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted any Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor andCompany, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties or assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets") or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Pro- ceeds Offer Trigger Date, from all Holders on a pro rata basis, that amount of Notes equal to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that . The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 5.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
). Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company and its Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraph to the extent (ci) In at least 80% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and the remainder in cash or Cash Equivalents and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the second immediately preceding paragraph, in the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee Notes (“the "Other Debt”") requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsDebt. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date in respect of the Securities thereof shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such thereof pursuant to any Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.
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Samples: Indenture (Tokheim Corp)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Upon the occurrence of a Triggering Event, the Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unless:
, (i) the Parent or such Subsidiary of the applicable Restricted SubsidiaryParent, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
, and (ii) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Parent or such Subsidiary of the Restricted SubsidiaryParent, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such dispositionclosing; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Saleprovided that, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case for purposes of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectivelyii), “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted the assumption by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) purchaser of Debt or other obligations of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to a customary novation agreement, and (iii)(2)instruments or securities received from the purchaser that are promptly, but in any event within 30 days of the closing, converted by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries to cash, to the extent of the cash actually so received, shall be considered cash received at closing.
(b) To Within 180 days after the extent that all receipt by the Parent or part any of its Subsidiaries of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Parent or such Subsidiary of the Parent may apply the Net Cash Proceeds to permanently repay secured Debt of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) Any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale that are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section 4.13(awithin 180 days of the Asset Sale will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds”. Excess Proceeds of less than $100,000,000 will be carried forward and accumulated. Within 30 days of the date on which accumulated Excess Proceeds equals or exceeds such amount, the Issuer shall make an Offer to Purchase (as described in Section 4.05) Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to:
(such Net Cash i) accumulated Excess Proceeds, multiplied by
(ii) a fraction (x) the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple numerator of $1,000) of Securities which is equal to the Security Portion outstanding aggregate principal amount of Unutilized Net Cash Proceedsthe Notes and (y) the denominator of which is equal to the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes and all Debt similarly required to be repaid, redeemed or tendered for in connection with the Asset Sale, rounded down to the nearest $1,000 at a purchase price in cash equal to to:
(i) the greater of (x) 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased and (y) the sum of the present values of the remaining scheduled payments of principal and Interest on the Notes to be purchased (exclusive of Interest accrued to the applicable purchase date) discounted to such purchase date on a semiannual basis (assuming a 360-day year consisting of twelve 30-day months) at the Treasury Rate plus 281.7 basis points (equivalent to 90% of the initial issuance spread), in each case plus accrued interest thereon to but unpaid Interest on the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire principal amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant Notes being purchased to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date fixed for such offer, in respect of accordance with the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date procedures set forth in respect of such Other DebtSection 4.05 for an Offer to Purchase.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount Upon completion of the Unutilized Net Cash Offer to Purchase, Excess Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to will be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made reset at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerzero.
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Samples: Indenture (Wells Real Estate Investment Trust Ii Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors); (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of ranking at least pari passu with the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were Notes (including amounts under the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor Credit Agreement) and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 361st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer any Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 5.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph). In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Article Five, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.15, and shall comply with the provisions of this Section 4.15 with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 4.15. (b) Notwithstanding Section 4.15(a), the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the extent (i) at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of Section 4.15(a).
(c) In Subject to the event that any other Indebtedness deferral of the Company Net Proceeds Offer contained in clause (a) above, each notice of a Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms: (i) that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.15, that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with Notes tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon exceeds the consummation aggregate amount of an Asset Salethe Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may apply shall select the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required Notes to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased) and that the Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for such period as is required by law; (ii) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date (which shall be not less than 30 nor more than 45 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date and which shall be at least five Business Days after the Trustee receives notice thereof from the Company); (iii) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest; (iv) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date; (v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to a the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date; (vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the second Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Unutilized Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased; and (vii) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided, however, that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; On or before the Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsOffer Payment Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof (in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect integral multiples of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d$1,000) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities validly tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, of all Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.15, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. The Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security Amount and Notes surrendered. Upon the lesser payment of the purchase price for the Notes accepted for purchase, the Trustee shall return the Notes purchased to the Company for cancellation. Any monies remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned within three Business Days by the Trustee to the Company except with respect to monies owed as obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article Seven. For purposes of this Section 4.15, the Trustee shall act as the Paying agent. To the extent the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt Notes tendered pursuant to a concurrent any Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may use such deficiency for general corporate purposes. Upon completion of such offer to purchase purchase, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset at zero.
(d) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such Other Debt made at laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the time repurchase of such Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.15, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the provisions of this Section 4.15 by virtue thereof.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent the Issuer or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofof (as determined in good faith by the Issuer's Board of Directors);
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Issuer or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Replacement Assets (as defined) and is received at the time of such disposition; provided, however, that the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Issuer's or such Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet) of the Issuer or any such Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (2) (but not for purposes of clause (3)); and
(iii3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Issuer shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1a) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any permanently reduce Indebtedness under (i) the Term Loan portion of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were Credit Agreement, (ii) at any time that the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary Term Loan is not a Guarantor andoutstanding, in the case of any such to reduce Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, facility and thereby effect a permanent reduction by such amount in the availability under such revolving credit facilityfacility or (iii) Indebtedness of such Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor;
(2b) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets (including Equity Interests) that will be used in the business of Parent the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “"Replacement Assets”"); and/or
(3c) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(13)(a) and (iii)(23)(b).
(b) To . Pending the extent that all final application of such Net Cash Proceeds, the Issuer may temporarily reduce borrowings under the Credit Agreement or part any other revolving credit facility. On the 366th day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Issuer or of such Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”3)(a), (3)(b) and (3)(c) of the Company shallpreceding paragraph (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (3)(a), (3)(b) and (3)(c) of the preceding paragraph (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Issuer or such Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”)") to all Holders and, with a copy to the Trusteeextent required by the terms of any Pari Passu Indebtedness, to all holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, on a date (the "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders (and holders of any such Pari Passu Indebtedness) on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount of Notes (expressed as a multiple of $1,000and Pari Passu Indebtedness) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes (and Pari Passu Indebtedness) to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and additional interest, if any thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Issuer or any Subsidiary of the Issuer, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.10. The Net Proceeds Offer shall be made in compliance with the applicable procedures set forth in Article III and shall include all instructions and materials necessary to enable Holders to tender their Notes. The Issuer may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 10 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 10 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) ). If any Net Cash Proceeds remain after the consummation of any Net Proceeds Offer, the Issuer may use those Net Cash Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. Upon completion of each Net Proceeds Offer, the amount of Net Cash Proceeds will be reset at zero. In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Article V, which transaction does not constitute a Change of Control, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this covenant with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the Company may apply fair market value of such properties and assets of the Unutilized Issuer or its Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required for purposes of this Section 4.10. The Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to be applied the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as Offer. To the amount extent that the provisions of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Securities is not less than the Security Portion "Asset Sale" provisions of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceedsthis Indenture, the Company Issuer shall make comply with the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes "Asset Sale" provisions of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds OfferIndenture by virtue thereof.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) with respect to Asset Sales by the Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company, at least 7580% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted such Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
disposition and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted any Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor andCompany, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties or assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets") or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that . The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 5.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
). Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company and its Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraph to the extent (ci) In at least 80% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and the remainder in cash or Cash Equivalents and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the second immediately preceding paragraph, in the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee Notes (“the "Other Debt”") requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount applied to purchase the Securities Notes is not less than the Security Note Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date in respect of the Securities thereof shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such thereof pursuant to any Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.
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Samples: Indenture (Tokheim Corp)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets or Capital Stock sold or otherwise disposed ofof (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors pursuant to a Board Resolution);
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents or Designated Non-Cash Consideration (insofar as all Designated Non-Cash Consideration outstanding is less than $25 million) and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii3) upon no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the consummation of an time of, or would occur after giving effect, on a pro forma basis, to such Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the .
(b) Within 365 days of receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds relating from such Asset Sale the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary may apply those Net Cash Proceeds at its option to either:
(i) prepay (x) Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary that is secured by the asset or Capital Stock subject to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
or (1y) to prepay any Senior Debt Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability commitment available under such revolving credit facility;,
(2ii) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds thereto, including any such assets investment that constitutes capital expenditures (provided that as determined in good faith by the case Company's Board of this clause Directors) (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “"Replacement Assets”"); and/or, or
(3iii) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1i) and (iii)(2ii). Pending final application of any Net Cash Proceeds, the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility or invest in cash or Cash Equivalents to the extent not otherwise prohibited by the Indenture.
(bc) To On the extent that all 365th day after such Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”i), (ii) and (iii) of the Company shallpreceding paragraph (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the preceding paragraph (each, a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”"), with on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up Holders and all holders of Senior Indebtedness, Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or other Indebtedness that ranks pari passu with the Notes and contain provisions set forth in Section 3.9 hereof and such other provisions similar to those set forth in the Indenture with respect to offers to purchase or redeem such Indebtedness with the proceeds of Asset Sales on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes and the other Senior Indebtedness, Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or pari passu Indebtedness equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes and the other Senior Indebtedness, Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or pari passu Indebtedness to be purchased or repaid, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration (including Designated Non-Cash Consideration) received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash or Cash Equivalents (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 15 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 15 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt).
(d) For Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the extent (i) at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets, cash or Cash Equivalents and (ii) such Asset Sale is made for Fair Market Value; provided, however, that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph. In addition, for purposes of this Section 4.13paragraph (a)(2) above, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered the following shall be deemed to be purchasedcash or Cash Equivalents:
(i) Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or pari passu Indebtedness assumed by the transferee in an Asset Sale; and
(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the amount Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from a transferee converted or monetized by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary within 90 days into cash or Cash Equivalents, to the extent of the Unutilized cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion.
(e) All cash and Cash Equivalents from an Event of Loss shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal subject to the product provisions of this covenant.
(xf) Notice of each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction record Holders as shown on the numerator register of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer related Trigger Date, with a copy to such Unutilized the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in the Indenture, including Section 3.9.
(g) To the extent the amount of Notes and other Indebtedness tendered or requiring repayment is less than the Offer Amount, the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary making the Asset Sale may use the remaining Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) Offer Amount for general corporate purposes and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds OfferOffer Amount shall be reset to zero.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 7580% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 300 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or Indebtedness under the Credit Facility, (B) to repay any Indebtedness of which was secured by the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the sold in such Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor andSale, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2C) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its the Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("REPLACEMENT ASSETS"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3D) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(2iii)(C).
(b) To . On the extent that all 301st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(aclauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B), (iii)(C) and (such Net Cash Proceedsiii)(D) of the next preceding sentence (each, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”a "NET PROCEEDS OFFER TRIGGER DATE"), the Company shallwill be required to make an offer to purchase from all Holders and, if applicable, redeem (or make an offer to do so) any Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Company the provisions of which require the Company to redeem such Indebtedness with the proceeds from any Asset Sales (or offer to do so), in an aggregate principal amount of Securities and such Pari Passu Indebtedness equal to the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on the 366th day (the “or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B), (iii)(C) and (iii)(D) of the next preceding sentence (each a "NET PROCEEDS OFFER AMOUNT") as follows:
(1) the Company will (a) make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”"NET PROCEEDS OFFER"), with on a copy to the Trustee, date not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), to all Holders in accordance with the procedures set forth below, and (b) redeem (or make an offer to do so) any such other Pari Passu Indebtedness, PRO RATA in proportion to the respective outstanding principal amounts of the Securities up and such other Indebtedness required to a be redeemed, the maximum principal amount of Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness that may be redeemed out of the amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000the "PAYMENT AMOUNT") of such Net Proceeds Offer Amount;
(2) the offer price for the Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price will be payable in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities tendered pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date such Net Proceeds Offer is consummated (the "OFFERED PRICE"), in accordance with the procedures set forth below and the redemption price for such Pari Passu Indebtedness (the "PARI PASSU INDEBTEDNESS PRICE") shall be as set forth in the related documentation governing such Indebtedness; and
(3) if the aggregate Offered Price of purchaseSecurities validly tendered and not withdrawn by Holders thereof exceeds the PRO RATA portion of the Payment Amount allocable to the Securities, Securities to be purchased will be selected on a PRO RATA basis; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million5,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In ). To the event extent that any other Indebtedness the sum of the Company that ranks pari passu with the aggregate Offered Price of Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied tendered pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer and the aggregate Pari Passu Indebtedness Price paid to offer the holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness is less than the Payment Amount relating thereto (such shortfall constituting a "NET PROCEEDS DEFICIENCY"), the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may use the Net Proceeds Deficiency, or a portion thereof, for general corporate purposes, subject to purchase such Other Debt the provisions of this Indenture. In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.17, and shall comply with the provisions of this Section 4.17 with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 4.17. Notwithstanding the three immediately preceding paragraphs, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the extent (1) at least 80% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (2) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; PROVIDED that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall (a) subject to clause (b) below, constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the three preceding paragraphs or (b) to the extent such consideration is non-cash consideration, constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the three preceding paragraphs upon being converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash. Notice of each Net Proceeds Offer so long as pursuant to this Section 4.17 shall be mailed or caused to be mailed, by first class mail, by the amount Company within 15 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last registered addresses, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.17 and that all Securities tendered will be accepted for payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the aggregate Offered Price of such Unutilized Securities validly tendered and not withdrawn in the Net Cash Proceeds applied Offer exceeds the PRO RATA portion of the Payment Amount allocable to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsSecurities, the Company shall make select the Securities to be purchased on a PRO RATA basis;
(2) the Offered Price and the date of the Net Proceeds Offer (the "NET PROCEEDS OFFER PAYMENT DATE");
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in respect thereof making payment therefor, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Security, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to the Paying Agent at the same time as address specified in the analogous offer notice prior to purchase is made pursuant the close of business on the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to any Other Debt and withdraw their election if the purchase date in respect Paying Agent receives, not later than the second Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13Holder, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all the Security the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be issued new Securities in a principal amount at maturity equal to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered. On or before the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price, plus accrued interest, if any, of all Securities to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, plus accrued interest, if any, thereon. For purposes of this Section 4.17, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. Any Net Proceeds Offer related shall remain open for at least 20 Business Days and until the close of business on the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date. The Company shall comply with all tender offer rules under state and federal securities laws, including, but not limited to, Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder, to the extent applicable to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (offer. To the “Security Amount”) extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the foregoing provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the denominator foregoing provisions of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerthis Indenture by virtue thereof.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will not, and The Company will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unlessunless the Company:
(i) Parent or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the property or assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
(ii) at least 7585% of the consideration received by Parent the Company for such property or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form assets consists of cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents Equivalents; provided that the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Company' most recent balance sheet) of the Company (other than contingent liabilities and is received at liabilities that are by their terms subordinate to the time Notes) that are assumed or forgiven by the transferee of any such dispositionassets will be deemed to be cash for the purposes of this clause (ii); and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating received by the Company are applied, to the extent the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary elects or is required,
(A) to repay or purchase and permanently reduce outstanding Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary, and to permanently reduce any commitments in respect thereof, provided, however, that such Asset Sale repayment and commitment reduction occurs within 270 days following the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds; or
(B) to an investment in Replacement Assets, provided, however, that such investment occurs or the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary enters into contractual commitments to make such investment, subject only to customary conditions (other than the obtaining of financing), on or prior to the 270th day following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds (the "Reinvestment Date") and Net Cash Proceeds contractually committed are so applied within 365 days following the receipt of receipt thereof either:
such Net Cash Proceeds. Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 4.9, Asset Swaps and Fuel Hedging Obligations entered into in the ordinary course of business shall not be subject to clause (1ii) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2)immediately preceding sentence.
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Any Net Cash Proceeds of from any Asset Sale that are not applied within 365 days used to reinvest in Replacement Assets and/or repay Debt of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute "Excess Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph."
(c) In When the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the aggregate amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Excess Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceedsexceeds $10,000,000, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds an Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13Purchase, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedfrom all Holders, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.Notes:
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an Asset Sale unlesssell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset (in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise), including any Equity Interest, owned by it, nor will the Borrower permit any of the Subsidiaries to issue any additional Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, except:
(a) (i) Parent dispositions of inventory (including parcels in developed cemetery properties), used, obsolete, worn out or surplus equipment and Permitted Investments in the applicable Restricted Subsidiaryordinary course of business and (ii) dispositions of property which the Borrower in good faith determines is no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(b) sales, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal transfers and dispositions to the Borrower or a Subsidiary; provided that any such sales, transfers or dispositions involving a Non-Guarantor shall be made in compliance with Section 6.10 regarding Restrictions on Transactions with Affiliates below; and
(c) Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted by Section 6.04 hereof;
(d) dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(e) to the extent constituting sales, transfers, leases or dispositions, the granting of Liens permitted by Section 6.03, the making of investments permitted by Section 6.06, mergers, consolidations, liquidations and the sale of all or substantially all assets permitted by Section 6.05 and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.09; and
(f) sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions of assets (other than accounts receivable or inventory) the sale of which is not otherwise permitted by any other clause; provided that (i) the aggregate fair market value of the all assets sold sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of;
of in reliance upon this clause (f) shall not exceed $1,000,000,000, (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiaryall sales, as the case may betransfers, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents leases and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall applyother dispositions individually, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to applyin a series of related transactions, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or for consideration in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required 5,000,000 permitted pursuant to this paragraph.
clause (cf) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to shall be made to repurchase for fair value and (iii) the aggregate, non-cash consideration received in connection with all such Other Debt upon sales shall not exceed $200,000,000 during the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceedsterm hereof. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13and Section 6.06, any transaction which is a “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceedslike kind exchange” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount under Section 1031 of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Code shall be considered a disposition (if the Borrower or any Subsidiary receives cash consideration upon the completion thereof) or an acquisition (if the Borrower or a Subsidiary pays cash consideration upon the completion thereof) only upon the completion of such transaction, and (2) if Other Debt is being offered then only to be purchased, the amount extent of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount cash received or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerpaid.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 7590% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 270 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (ii) of the definition of "Permitted Indebtedness" and effect a permanent reduction thereunder, (B) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, and effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
thereunder, (2C) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto Replacement Assets or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3D) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(2iii)(C).
(b) To . On the extent that all 271st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines, as the case may be, not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B), (iii)(C) and (iii)(D) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B), (iii)(C) and (iii)(D) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchaserepurchase; provided, however, that the Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 5 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph). If at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant.
(b) In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the provisions of this covenant with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this covenant.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee Notwithstanding paragraphs (“Other Debt”a) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Saleand (b) above, the Company may apply and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the Unutilized extent (i) at least 90% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes cash or Replacement Assets and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds otherwise subject to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs.
(d) Within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, the Company shall send, by first class mail, postage prepaid, a notice to each Holder of Securities, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Net Proceeds Offer. The notice to the Holders shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer. Such notice shall state:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.06 and that all Securities validly tendered, in whole or in part, and not withdrawn will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that to the extent that Holders validly tender Securities in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Securities of tendering Holders will be repurchased on a pro rata basis;
(2) the repurchase price (including the amount of accrued interest, if any) and the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, other than as may be required by law) and that the Net Proceeds Offer will remain open for a period of 20 business days or such longer period as may be required by law;
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to be applied accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Security, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Repurchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to a the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than five Business Days prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is not less than withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be issued new Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered; provided, however, that each Security Portion repurchased and each new Security issued shall be in a principal amount of Unutilized $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; and
(8) the circumstances and relevant facts regarding the applicable Asset Sale.
(e) On or before the Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof (in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect integral multiples of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d$1,000) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities validly tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 2.14 United States Government Obligations sufficient to pay the repurchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, of all Securities so tendered and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being repurchased by the Company. Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the monies specified in clause (ii) above and a copy of the Officers' Certificate specified in clause (iii) above, the Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders so accepted payment in an amount equal to the repurchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, out of the funds deposited with the Paying Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence. The Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum Holders new Securities equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security Amount and Securities surrendered. Upon the lesser payment of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as repurchase price for the Securities accepted for repurchase, the Trustee shall return the Securities repurchased to the Company for cancellation. Any monies remaining after the repur- chase of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered Securities pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned within three Business Days by the Trustee to purchase the Company except with respect to monies owed as obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article Seven. For purposes of this Section 4.06, the Trustee shall, except with respect to monies owed as obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article Seven, act as the Paying Agent.
(f) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such Other Debt made at laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the time repurchase of such Securities pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.06, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.06 by virtue thereof.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted SubsidiarySubsidiary (excluding liabilities that are not subordinated to the Securities that have been assumed by a transferee of such assets to the extent that the applicable agreement releases or indemnifies the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such liabilities), as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such dispositiondisposition or securities which are converted into cash or Cash Equivalents within 60 days; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Senior Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, including the Bank Facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment in (x) or acquire properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used (including acquisitions of other businesses) in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount"), shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities issued under this --- ---- Indenture equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at -------- ------- any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 5.16. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 10.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 10.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph); provided, that in no event will the net -------- cash proceeds from an Asset Sale be subject to more than one Net Proceeds Offer.
(b) In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 6.1, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 5.16, and shall comply with the provisions of this Section 5.16 with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 5.16.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee Notwithstanding Sections 5.16(a) and (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Saleb), the Company may apply and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the Unutilized extent (i) at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided, that any consideration not -------- constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required subject to the provisions of Sections 5.16(a) and (b).
(d) Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders of such Securities within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 5.16 of this Indenture and that all Securities tendered will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Securities -------- ------- tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall select the Securities to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Securities in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest if interest is then accruing;
(4) that, unless (i) the Company defaults in making payment therefor or (ii) such payment is prohibited pursuant to Article Four or otherwise, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Security, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to a the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than two Business Days prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is not less than withdrawing his or her election to have such Security purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Securities were purchased only in part will be issued new securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered; provided, however, that each Security Portion -------- ------- purchased and each new Security issued shall be in an original principal amount of Unutilized $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; and
(8) that the Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law.
(e) On or before the Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to be purchased in accordance with item (d)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Securities to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price (and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Holders a new Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security Amount and surrendered; provided, that each such -------- new Security shall be in the lesser principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) unless such payment is prohibited pursuant to Article Four or otherwise. The Company will publicly announce the results of the aggregate principal face amount Net Proceeds Offer on or accreted value as soon as practicable after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date. For purposes of this Section 5.16, the relevant Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
(f) Any amounts remaining after the purchase date of all Other Debt tendered Securities pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to purchase the Company.
(g) The Company must comply with Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and other provisions of state and federal securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such Other Debt made at laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the time repurchase of such Securities pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 5.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the provisions of this Section 5.16 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (RSC Duval Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Managers); (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, -72- as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents or Foreign Cash Equivalents (provided that the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Company's or such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision) and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt PARI PASSU Indebtedness of the Company or a Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the a Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to either (x) make an investment in or expenditures for properties and assets (xincluding Capital Stock of any entity) assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets (including Capital Stock of any entity) that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets") or (y) the acquisition of all of the capital stock or assets of any Person or division conducting a business reasonably related to that of the Company or its Subsidiaries; PROVIDED that Net Cash Proceeds in excess of $30 million in the aggregate since June 30, 1999 from Asset Sales involving assets of the Company or a Guarantor (other than the Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary) shall only be reinvested in (x) assets which will be owned by the Company or a Guarantor and not constituting an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause Investment or (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 the capital stock of a Person that becomes a Guarantor or (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment prepayment, repurchase and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(2iii)(C).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Managers of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up Holders and all holders of Indebtedness that is PARI PASSU with the Notes containing provisions requiring offers to purchase with the proceeds of sales of assets, on a maximum principal PRO RATA basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.15. The Company shall not be required to make a Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million30 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales, at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 millionProceeds Offer Amount, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the first $30 million of Net Proceeds Offer Amount need not be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph. In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01 and as a result thereof the Company is no longer an obligor on the Notes, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.15, and shall comply with the provisions of this covenant with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 4.15.
(b) Notwithstanding the two immediately preceding paragraphs, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the extent (i) at least 80% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consum- mated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs.
(c) In Subject to the event deferral right set forth in the final proviso of Section 4.15(a), each notice of a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.15 shall be mailed, by first-class mail, by the Company to Holders of Notes at their last registered address not more than 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that any other Indebtedness the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.15 of the Company Indenture, that ranks pari passu with all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the Securities or any other Indebtedness aggregate principal amount of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with Notes tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon exceeds the consummation aggregate amount of an Asset Salethe Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may apply shall select the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required Notes to be applied purchased on a PRO RATA basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or EU1,000, as applicable, or multiples thereof shall be purchased) and that the Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer periods as may be required by law;
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date (which shall be not less than 30 nor more than 45 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date and which shall be at least five Business Days after the Trustee receives notice thereof from the Company);
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to a the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the second Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Unutilized Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount of $1,000, EU1,000 or integral multiples thereof. On or before the Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsOffer Payment Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof (in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt integral multiples of $1,000 and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(dEU1,000) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities validly tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 2.14 U.S. Legal Tender (in the case of Dollar Notes) and/or euros (in the case of Euro Notes) sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, of all Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the monies specified in clause (ii) above and a copy of the Officers' Certificate specified in clause (iii) above, the Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, out of the funds deposited with the Paying Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence. The Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Unutilized Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. Upon the payment of the purchase price for the Notes accepted for purchase, the Trustee shall return the Notes purchased to the Company for cancellation. Any monies remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned within three Business Days by the Trustee to the Company except with respect to monies owed as obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article Seven. For purposes of this Section 4.15, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. To the extent the amount of Notes tendered pursuant to any Net Proceeds Offer is less than the amount of Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant subject to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may use any remaining portion of such Net Cash Proceeds not required to fund the repurchase of tendered Notes for general corporate purposes and such Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset to zero. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such rule, laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent the provisions of any securities laws and regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture relating to a Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations relating to such Net Proceeds Offer by virtue thereof. After consummation of any Net Proceeds Offer, any Net Proceeds Offer Amount not applied to any such purchase may be used by the Company for any purpose permitted by the other provisions of this Indenture.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an Asset Sale unlesssell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of any asset (in one transaction or in a series of transactions and whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise), including any Equity Interest, owned by it, nor will the Borrower permit any of the Subsidiaries to issue any additional Equity Interest in such Subsidiary, except:
(a) (i) Parent dispositions of inventory (including parcels in developed cemetery properties), used, obsolete, worn out or surplus equipment and Permitted Investments in the applicable Restricted Subsidiaryordinary course of business and (ii) dispositions of property which the Borrower in good faith determines is no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(b) sales, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal transfers and dispositions to the Borrower or a Subsidiary; provided that any such sales, transfers or dispositions involving a Non-Guarantor shall be made in compliance with Section 6.10 regarding Restrictions on Transactions with Affiliates below; and
(c) Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted by Section 6.04 hereof;
(d) dispositions of accounts receivable in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(e) to the extent constituting sales, transfers, leases or dispositions, the granting of Liens permitted by Section 6.03, the making of Investments permitted by Section 6.06, mergers, consolidations, liquidations and the sale of all or substantially all assets permitted by Section 6.05 and Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.09; and
(f) sales, transfers, leases and other dispositions of assets (other than accounts receivable or inventory) the sale of which is not otherwise permitted by any other clause; provided that (i) the aggregate fair market value of the all assets sold sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of;
of in reliance upon this clause (f) shall not exceed $1,000,000,000, (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiaryall sales, as the case may betransfers, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents leases and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall applyother dispositions individually, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to applyin a series of related transactions, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or for consideration in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required 5,000,000 permitted pursuant to this paragraph.
clause (cf) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to shall be made to repurchase for fair value and (iii) the aggregate, non-cash consideration received in connection with all such Other Debt upon sales shall not exceed $200,000,000 during the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceedsterm hereof. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13and Section 6.06, any transaction which is a “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceedslike kind exchange” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount under Section 1031 of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Code shall be considered a disposition (if the Borrower or any Subsidiary receives cash consideration upon the completion thereof) or an acquisition (if the Borrower or a Subsidiary pays cash consideration upon the completion thereof) only upon the completion of such transaction, and (2) if Other Debt is being offered then only to be purchased, the amount extent of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount cash received or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerpaid.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (ia) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted SubsidiarySubsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (iias determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (b) at least 7590% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted SubsidiarySubsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iiic) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 270 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1i) to the extent the properties or assets that were the subject to such Asset Sale constitute collateral under the Credit Agreement, to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, the Credit Agreement and effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
the Credit Agreement, (2ii) to make an investment in (x) properties or assets that replace the properties or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties or assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3iii) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1c)(i) and (iii)(2c)(ii).
(b) To . On the extent that all 271st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”c)(i), (c)(ii) and (c)(iii) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such 56 -48- aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (c)(i), (c)(ii) and (c)(iii) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, to make an offer to purchase (a “"Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day date (the “"Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”)") not less than 30 days nor more than 45 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum pro rata basis, that principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued interest and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.17. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million5,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) ). In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu and its Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of Section 4.17, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this covenant with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of Section 4.17. Notwithstanding the two immediately preceding paragraphs, the Company may apply and its Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the Unutilized extent (a) at least 90% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (b) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided that any consideration 57 -49- not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required subject to be applied to a the provisions of the two immediately preceding paragraphs. Notice of each Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to offer this Section 4.17 shall be mailed or caused to purchase such Other Debt and to a be mailed, by first class mail, by the Company within 25 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer so long as Trigger Date to all Holders at their last registered addresses, with a copy to the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsTrustee. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the A Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as the analogous offer may be required by law. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to purchase is made pursuant enable such Holders to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the tender Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (and shall state the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.following terms:
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Samples: Indenture (Unifrax Investment Corp)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Guarantor will not, and will not permit any of its the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Guarantor or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Guarantor's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Guarantor or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such dispositiondisposition (with the principal amount or accreted value, as the case may be, of Indebtedness of the Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries assumed by the transferee in connection with such Asset Sale treated as cash for purposes of this clause (ii)); and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Guarantor shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary or Indebt- edness of the Guarantor Senior Debt or which is not subordinated in right of payment to any other Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor andGuarantor, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2B) to purchase or make an investment invest- ment in properties and assets (xincluding inventory) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its the Guarantor or the Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto thereto, or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 361st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Guarantor or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Issuer to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders who validly accept such offer on a maximum pro rata basis, that principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued interest and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Guarantor or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Issuer may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) ). In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Article Five, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Guarantor and the Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this covenant with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Guarantor or the Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this covenant. Notice of each Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.12 will be mailed or caused to be mailed, by first class mail, by the Company within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last registered addresses, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.12 and that all Securities tendered in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 will be accepted for payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the principal amount of Securities validly tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may apply shall select the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required Securities to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest, if any) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date (which shall be at least 20 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law);
(3) that any Security not validly tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Security, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to a the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied Holder is withdrawing his election to purchase have such Security purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be issued new Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Securities is not less than surrendered. On or before the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities validly tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased in accordance with item (1) above, (ii) deposit with the “Security Amount”) and Paying Agent in accordance with Section 2.14 U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Other Debt tendered pursuant Securities to a concurrent be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.12, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. The Company shall and shall cause its Subsidiaries to comply with all tender offer rules under state and Federal securities laws, including, but not limited to, Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder, to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of extent applicable to such Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the foregoing provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the foregoing provisions of this Indenture by virtue thereof.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent Holdings will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent Holdings or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofof (as determined in good faith by Holdings' Board of Directors);
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent Holdings or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at and/or Replacement Assets (as defined below); provided that the time amount of any liabilities (as shown on Holdings' or such dispositionRestricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet) of Holdings or any such Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee of the Guarantor) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision; and
(iii3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall Holdings may apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
(1a) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt permanently reduce Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement or any other Indebtedness of the any Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor Subsidiary; and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2b) to make an investment in (x) or incur expenditures for properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets (including Capital Stock) that will be used in the business of Parent the Issuers and its their Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “"Replacement Assets”"); and/or
(3c) to a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(13)(a) and (iii)(23)(b).
(b) To . Pending the extent that all final application of such Net Cash Proceeds, Holdings or part the Issuers may temporarily reduce borrowings under the Credit Agreement or any other revolving credit facility. On the 361st day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors and/or Managers of Holdings or the Issuers or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”3)(a), (3)(b) and (3)(c) of the Company shallpreceding paragraph (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (3)(a), (3)(b) and (3)(c) of the preceding paragraph (each, a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by Holdings or the Issuers or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”)") to all Holders and, with a copy to the Trusteeextent required by the terms of any Pari Passu Indebtedness, to all holders of such Pari Passu Indebtedness, on a date (the "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders (and holders of any such Pari Passu Indebtedness) on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount of Notes (expressed as a multiple of $1,000and Pari Passu Indebtedness) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes (and Pari Passu Indebtedness) to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Issuers or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuers, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Holdings may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $7.5 million during any fiscal year and $20.0 million, million resulting from one or more Asset Sales during the term of the Notes (at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) Section 4.10). In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of Holdings or the Issuers or their Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Article V hereof, which transaction does not constitute a Change of Control, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of Holdings, the Issuers, as the case may be, and their Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the Securities provisions of this covenant with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of Holdings or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase the Issuers or their Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be made sold shall be deemed to repurchase be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this covenant. Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Notes and holders of Pari Passu Indebtedness properly tender such Other Debt upon Pari Passu Indebtedness in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the tendered Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness will be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the aggregate amounts of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered (and the Trustee shall select the tendered Notes of tendering Holders on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Notes tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law. If any Net Cash Proceeds remain after the consummation of an Asset Saleany Net Proceeds Offer, the Company Holdings may apply the Unutilized use those Net Cash Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise required prohibited by this Indenture. Upon completion of each Net Proceeds Offer, the amount of Net Cash Proceeds will be reset at zero. Holdings will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to be applied the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the "Asset Sale" provisions of this Indenture, Holdings shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a have breached their obligations under this Section 4.10 by virtue thereof. The Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be made in compliance with the same as the purchase date applicable procedures set forth in respect of such Other DebtArticle III hereof and shall include all instructions and materials necessary to enable Holders to tender their Notes.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.
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Samples: Indenture (Superior Essex Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent the Company (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, ) receives consideration at the time of such the Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;; and
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or in the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; andQualified Consideration.
(iiib) upon Within 360 days after the consummation receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof eitherCompany may:
(1) apply such Net Proceeds to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any repay Indebtedness of and other Obligations under the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect loan portion of a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facilityCredit Facility;
(2) apply such Net Proceeds to permanently repay the term loan portion of any Credit Facility or repay other Indebtedness ranking pari passu with the Notes that has a Stated Maturity prior to the Stated Maturity of the Notes;
(3) apply such Net Proceeds to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or at least a majority of the Voting Stock of, a Person engaged in a Permitted Business;
(4) apply such Net Proceeds to make an investment in (x) assets that replace after the assets that were date of the subject occurrence of such Asset Sale one or in assets that will more capital expenditures to be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”)a Permitted Business; and/oror
(35) enter into a combination binding agreement to apply such Net Proceeds to acquire long-term assets that are used or useful in a Permitted Business that will result in such acquisition being completed within 18 months of prepayment and investment permitted the date of such Asset Sale. Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may apply the Net Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2)Indenture.
(c) Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in paragraph (b) To will constitute "Excess Proceeds." When the extent aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $15,000,000, the Company shall be required to make an offer (an "Asset Sale Offer") to all Holders of Notes and all holders of other Indebtedness that all is pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Section 4.03 with respect to offers to purchase or part redeem with the proceeds of sales of assets to purchase on a pro rata basis (based on the purchase price) the maximum principal amount of Notes and such other pari passu Indebtedness that may be purchased out of the Net Cash Proceeds of Excess Proceeds. The offer price in any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash shall be equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, to be redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that purchase (except as set forth in the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess third paragraph of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds(d) below), and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that payable in cash. If any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset SaleSale Offer, the Company may apply use those Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered into such Asset Sale Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as exceeds the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Excess Proceeds applied available to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsNotes, the Company Trustee shall make select the Net Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis. Upon completion of each Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds Offer in respect thereof will be reset at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debtzero.
(d) For purposes of In the event that, pursuant to this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased4.03, the amount Company shall be required to commence an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders to purchase Notes, it shall follow the procedures specified below. The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the "Asset Sale Offer Period"). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and Asset Sale Offer Period (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedthe "Asset Sale Purchase Date"), the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is Company shall purchase the principal amount of Notes required to be purchased pursuant to this Section 4.03 (the "Asset Sale Offer Amount") or, if less than the Asset Sale Offer Amount has been tendered, all Securities Notes tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. Payment for any Notes so purchased shall be made in the same manner as interest payments are made. If the Asset Sale Purchase Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest shall be paid to the Person in whose name a Note is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders who tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Asset Sale Offer. Upon the commencement of an Asset Sale Offer, the Company shall send, by first class mail, a notice to the Trustee and each of the Holders. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The Asset Sale Offer related shall be made to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:
(i) that the “Security Amount”) Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.03 and the denominator length of which is time the sum Asset Sale Offer shall remain open;
(ii) the Asset Sale Offer Amount, the purchase price and the Asset Sale Purchase Date;
(iii) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest in accordance with the terms of the Security Amount Indenture;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in payment of the Asset Sale Offer Amount, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Asset Sale Purchase Date;
(v) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer willl be required to surrender their Notes, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day preceding the Asset Sale Purchase Date;
(vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Asset Sale Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes the Holder delivered for purchase, and the lesser of a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notex xxxxhased;
(vii) that, if the aggregate principal face amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the Asset Sale Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000, or integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased); and
(viii) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $1,000 in principal amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offeran integral multiple thereof.
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Samples: Second Supplemental Indenture (Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and ------------------------- will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) with respect to Asset Sales by the Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company, at least 7580% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted such Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
disposition and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted any Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor andCompany, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties or assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets") or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that . The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time. the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 5.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to Section 5.4(a)).
(b) Notwithstanding Section 5.4(a), the Company and its Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with Section 5.4(a) to the extent (i) at least 80% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and the remainder is in cash or Cash Equivalents and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraphSection 5.4(b) shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of Section 5.4(a).
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long the record Holders as shown on the amount register of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Paying Agent, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect this Agreement. Upon receiving notice of the Securities Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Notes in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Notes of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 business days or such longer period as may be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debtrequired by law.
(d) For purposes The Company will comply with the requirements of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, Rule l4e-1 under the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Exchange Act and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal any other Securities laws and regulations thereunder to the product extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any Securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 5.4, the Company shall comply with the applicable Securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 5.4.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor (and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, including the New Revolving Credit Facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
), (2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be of a kind used or usable in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or conducted in businesses reasonably related thereto accordance with Section 4.20 ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”Trigger Date (or if the Net Proceeds Offer has been deferred as described in the last sentence of this paragraph, the date that the unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount equals or exceeds $7.5 million), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time 71 -63- any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 7.5 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 7.5 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) ). In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Article Five, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this covenant with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company may apply the Unutilized or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds otherwise for purposes of this covenant. Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date (or if the Net Proceeds Offer has been deferred as described in the first paragraph of this Section 4.16, the date that the aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount equals or exceeds $7.5 million), with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Notes in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Notes of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of at least 20 and not more than 30 Business Days or such longer period as may be required to be applied by law. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may use any remaining Net Proceeds Offer Amount for general corporate purposes. Upon completion of any such Net 72 -64- Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset at zero.
(b) Subject to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to the deferral of the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date contained in the first paragraph of subsection (a) above, each notice of a Net Proceeds Offer so long pursuant to this Section 4.16 shall be mailed or caused to be mailed, by first class mail, by the Company not more than 25 days after the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last registered addresses as of a date within 15 days of the mailing of such notice, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.16 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of such Unutilized Notes tendered in a Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase Offer exceeds the Securities is not less than aggregate amount of the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer, the Company shall make select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the amounts tendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the purchase date (which shall be at least 20 and not more than 30 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law) (the "Proceeds Purchase Date");
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at shall cease to accrue interest after the same time as Proceeds Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the analogous offer Paying Agent receives, not later than five Business Days prior to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect Proceeds Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13Holder, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; On or before the Proceeds Purchase Date, the Company shall (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof validly tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the “Security Amount”) and Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Other Debt tendered Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.16, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. Any amounts remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to purchase the Company. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such Other Debt made at laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the time repurchase of such Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer.. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.16 by virtue thereof. 74 -66-
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Samples: Indenture (McMS Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least substantially equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiarytaking into account any associated liabilities and other considerations), as determined in good faith by the case may beCompany’s Board of Directors, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii2) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall applyapply directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any repay Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, (and in the case of any such Indebtedness outstanding under any a revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction to permanently reduce the amounts that may be reborrowed thereunder by an equivalent amount), with the Net Cash Proceeds received in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
respect thereof, (2B) to make an investment reinvest in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto Productive Assets, or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment prepayment, reduction and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(12)(A) and (iii)(22)(B).
(b) To ; On the extent that all 361st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”2)(A), (2)(B) and (2)(C) of the Company shallpreceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the a “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been so applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (2)(A), (2)(B) and (2)(C) of the preceding sentence (each, a “Net Proceeds Offer Amount”) shall be applied by the Company to make an offer to purchase repurchase (a the “Net Proceeds Offer”), with ) on a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day date (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”)) not less than 30 nor more than 45 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 millionAmount multiplied by a fraction, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) then outstanding and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security aggregate principal amount of Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness then outstanding (the “Pro Rata Share”), at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased, plus accrued interest to the date of repurchase. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Net Proceeds Offer Amount is less than $2 million, the application of the Net Cash Proceeds constituting such Net Proceeds Offer Amount to a Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until such time as such Net Proceeds Offer Amount plus the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds Offer Amounts arising subsequent to the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date relating to such initial Net Proceeds Offer Amount from all Asset Sales by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries aggregates at least $2 million, at which time the lesser Company shall apply all Net Cash Proceeds constituting all Net Proceeds Offer Amounts that have been so deferred to make a Net Proceeds Offer, the first date the aggregate of all such deferred Net Proceeds Offer Amounts is equal to $2 million or more being deemed to be a Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date. To the extent that the aggregate purchase price of Securities tendered pursuant to any Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Pro Rata Share, the Company or any Guarantor may use such amount for general corporate purposes. Upon completion of any Net Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset to zero. Notwithstanding the first two paragraphs of this Section 4.16, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the extent
(1) any portion of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Productive Assets and
(2) such Asset Sale is for substantially fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors; provided that the fair market value of any consideration not constituting Productive Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the first two paragraphs of this Section 4.16. Notice of a Net Proceeds Offer shall be mailed, by first-class mail, by the Company to Holders of Securities at their last registered address not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days before the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.16, that all Securities tendered will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of Securities tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the relevant Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall purchase date the Securities on a pro rata basis and that the Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of all Other Debt 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law;
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date (which shall be not less than 30 nor more than 45 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date;
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer will be required to purchase such Other Debt made surrender the Security, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Security completed, to the Company at the time address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company receives, not later than the second Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Securities such Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Securities purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be issued new Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered. If an offer is made to repurchase the Securities pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer, the Company will and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with all tender offer rules under state and federal securities laws, including, but not limited to, Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder, to the extent applicable to such offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and obligations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations hereunder by virtue thereof.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unlessunless each of the following requirements is satisfied:
(i1) Parent or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by Parent or the such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of (a) cash and/or Cash Equivalents, (b) Replacement Assets or Cash Equivalents (c) any combination of the consideration described in subclauses (a) and is (b) of this clause (2); provided that the amount of:
(i) any liabilities (as shown on Parent's or such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets as a result of which Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries are released from further liability with respect thereto, and
(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations received at by Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted within 180 days of receipt thereof by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the time extent of such dispositionthe cash received) shall, in each case, be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (2); and
(iii3) upon if such Asset Sale involves the consummation Transfer of Collateral, it complies with the applicable provisions of the Security Documents.
(b) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary may, at its option, cause such Net Proceeds to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof eitherbe applied as follows:
(1) in the case of any Transfer of Collateral or Excluded Securities, (a) to prepay any Senior Debt make an investment in or Guarantor Senior Debt expenditure for Replacement Assets or any Indebtedness other capital expenditures on assets that constitute Collateral or to enter into a binding commitment to make such an investment or expenditure; provided that, in the case of a commitment to make an investment or expenditure, such investment or expenditure shall have been made within 180 days of such 360th day (provided that in all such cases such investment or expenditure shall be acquired or made by the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not Company or a Guarantor and, in the case of any investments in or expenditures for Replacement Assets, such Replacement Assets shall be made subject to the Lien of the Security Documents), (b) to repay Indebtedness under the New Credit Facility (including any revolving credit facilityRelated Obligations) and/or any Additional Pari Passu First Priority Indebtedness (and, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;each case, to permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder) or (c) any combination of subclauses (a) and (b) of this clause (1); and
(2) in all other cases, (a) to make an investment in or expenditure for Replacement Assets or other capital expenditure or to enter into a binding commitment to make such an investment or expenditure; provided that, in the case of a commitment to make an investment or expenditure, such investment or expenditure shall have been made within 180 days of such 360th day, (xb) assets that replace to repay Indebtedness (and to permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder) secured by a Lien on the assets that were which are the subject of such Asset Sale or Sale, (c) to repay Indebtedness under the New Credit Facility (including any Related Obligations) and/or any Additional Pari Passu First Priority Indebtedness (and, in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto each case, to permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder) or (yd) Capital Stock any combination of an entity that holds any such assets subclauses (provided that in the case a), (b) and (c) of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(22).
(bc) To the extent Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days or invested as provided in subsection (b) of such this Section 4.12 will be deemed to constitute "Excess Proceeds." If on any date the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds ---------------- exceeds $25,000,000 (the "Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”Offer Trigger Date"), the Company shallshall be ----------------------------- required to:
(1) to the extent that such Excess Proceeds resulted from the Transfer of assets constituting Collateral or Excluded Securities:
(A) first, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), i) to make an offer to the Holders of the Second Priority Notes to purchase (Second Priority Notes on a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, pro rata basis at a purchase an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date, and (ii) to the extent the Company so elects or is required, to repay any other outstanding Pari Passu Second Priority Indebtedness (or offer to purchase such Indebtedness if pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness the issuer thereof is only required to offer to repay such Indebtedness) (and, in each case, permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder) at a repayment (or repurchase) price not to exceed 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon and unpaid interest, if any, to the date repayment (or repurchase) date;
(B) second, to the extent any Excess Proceeds remain after giving effect to clause (A) above, (i) to make an offer ("Asset Sale Offer") ---------------- to the Holders of purchasethe Notes to purchase Notes on a pro rata basis at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.12 and (ii) to the extent the Company so elects or is required, to repay any other outstanding Pari Passu Third Priority Indebtedness (or offer to purchase such Indebtedness if pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness the issuer thereof is only required to offer to repay such Indebtedness) (and, in each case, permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder) at a repayment (or repurchase) price not to exceed 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repayment (or repurchase) date; and
(2) to the extent that such Excess Proceeds resulted from the Transfer of assets not constituting Collateral or Excluded Securities (i) to make an Asset Sale Offer to the Holders of the Notes to purchase such Notes on a pro rata basis at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.12 and (ii) to the extent the Company so elects or is required, to repay any other outstanding Pari Passu Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Second Priority Notes) (or offer to purchase such Pari Passu Indebtedness if pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness the issuer thereof is only required to offer to repay such Indebtedness) (and permanently reduce amounts outstanding under such Pari Passu Indebtedness) at a repayment (or repurchase) price not to exceed 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repayment (or repurchase) date.
(d) Each application of Excess Proceeds pursuant to (y) clause (1)(B) of Section 4.12(c) shall be made on a pro rata basis among the Notes and any such other Pari Passu Third Priority Indebtedness in proportion to the respective amounts outstanding under each such item of Indebtedness and (z) clause (2) of Section 4.12(c) shall be made on a pro rata basis among the Notes and any such other Pari Passu Indebtedness in proportion to the respective amounts outstanding under each such item of Indebtedness. To the extent that any Excess Proceeds remain after compliance with clause (c) above, Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not prohibited under this Indenture; provided, however, that to the Net extent that all or any portion of any remaining Excess Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash is comprised of proceeds of Asset Sales of Collateral, such Excess Proceeds equal shall remain subject to or in excess the Liens of $20.0 millionthe Security Documents. Upon completion of an Asset Sale Offer, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, Excess Proceeds shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraphreset at zero.
(ce) In All Net Proceeds and Excess Proceeds from Asset Sales (whether or not involving Collateral) may, pending their application in accordance with this Section 4.12, be used to temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings under (i) the event New Credit Facility in the case of Asset Sales involving Collateral, or (ii) any Credit Facility in the case of Asset Sales not involving Collateral, or in either case, be invested in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture. Upon consummation of any other Indebtedness Asset Sale of assets constituting Collateral permitted under the terms of this Indenture, the assets so Transferred in such Asset Sale will be released from the Liens in favor of the Company that ranks pari passu with Notes created by the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee Security Documents.
(“Other Debt”f) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of Within 30 days following an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Sale Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsTrigger Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof send, or at the same time as Company's written request the analogous Trustee shall send, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a notice to each Holder of Notes at its last registered address, which notice shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer. The notice shall offer to repurchase Notes on the purchase date specified in such notice (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as required by law) (the "Asset Sale ---------- Offer Payment Date") pursuant to the procedures required by this Indenture and ------------------ described in such notice. The notice to the Holders shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. Such notice shall state:
(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.134.12 and that all Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be accepted for payment; provided, “Security Portion however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds available in connection with the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and Asset Sale Offer, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis;
(2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal Asset Sale Offer Payment Date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as required by law);
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the product Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent and Registrar for the Note at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(x6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) Paying Agent receives, not later than the third Business Day prior to the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, a fraction telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the numerator name of which is the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided, however, that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
(g) On the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Securities Notes or portions thereof (in integral multiples of $1,000) validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of Asset Sale Offer; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal face amount of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds available in connection with the Asset Sale Offer, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount in U.S. Dollars equal to the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) in respect of all Notes or accreted value as portions thereof to be purchased; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee all Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes (or portions thereof) being purchased by the Company. Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the relevant monies specified in clause (2) above and the Officers' Certificate specified in clause (3) above, such Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes so purchased the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder of Notes a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes purchased, if any; provided that each such new Note will be in a principal amount of $1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date.
(h) Upon the payment of the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) for any Notes purchased in the Asset Sale Offer, the Trustee shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.16, return such Notes to the Company for cancellation. Any monies remaining after the purchase date of all Other Debt tendered Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer an Asset Sale Offer shall be returned within three Business Days to purchase such Other Debt made at the time Company by the Paying Agents. The Trustee may act as the Paying Agent for purposes of such Net Proceeds any Asset Sale Offer.
(i) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this covenant, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this paragraph by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Crown Holdings Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(other than any Asset Sale relating to all or any portion of the 432 acres of undeveloped land owned by the Company and located in Tampa, Florida) unless (i) Parent the Company or the its applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
and (ii) at least 75% of the consideration so received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2)cash.
(b) To Upon consummation of any Asset Sale that involves the extent that all sale of Collateral or part upon the receipt by the Trustee of any Net Proceeds or Net Award pursuant to the provisions of Section 1.12.3 or 1.12.4(a) or (b) of any Mortgage, the Company shall, or shall cause its applicable Subsidiary to, within 180 days of the receipt of the proceeds therefrom, either (i) reinvest the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale in a manner that would constitute a Related Business Investment; provided that the property acquired as set forth a Related Business Investment shall be subject to a first priority Lien in Section 4.13(afavor of the Trustee and shall constitute Collateral or (ii) (apply or cause to be applied such Net Cash Proceeds, Net Proceeds or Net Award to the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), purchase of First Mortgage Notes tendered to the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to for purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchasepurchase pursuant to an offer to purchase made by the Company as set forth below (a "Net Proceeds Offer"), provided that the first $10,000,000 of Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales (during the period in which First Mortgage Notes are outstanding) that are not applied in accordance with clause (i) above are not subject to this clause (ii); providedand provided further that the Company shall only be required to make a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to clause (ii) above if the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds, howeverNet Proceeds or Net Award subject to clause (ii) above exceeds $3,000,000, and then all such Net Cash Proceeds, Net Proceeds or Net Awards so available shall be used to make Net Proceeds Offer. Prior to the time that the Company is required to make a Net Proceeds Offer, all Net Cash Proceeds in excess of the first $10,000,000 of Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied in accordance with clause (i) above and all Net Proceeds and Net Awards received by the Trustee pursuant to Section 1.12.3, 1.12.4(a) or 1.12.4(b) of any Mortgage will be deposited in the Collateral Account under this Indenture. Net Cash Proceeds, Net Proceeds or Net Awards so deposited may be withdrawn from the Collateral Account pursuant to Article 11 hereof.
(c) The Company shall provide the Trustee with notice of the Net Proceeds Offer at least 30 days before any notice of any Net Proceeds Offer is mailed to Holders of the First Mortgage Notes (unless shorter notice is acceptable to the Trustee). Notice of a Net Proceeds Offer shall be mailed by the Company to all Holders of First Mortgage Notes, with a copy to the Trustee and the Paying Agent, not less than 60 days nor more than 180 days after the relevant Asset Sale or after the destruction or condemnation resulting in such Net Proceeds or Net Award at their last registered address which notice shall specify the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 50 days from the date such notice is mailed) (the "Net Proceeds Payment Date"). The Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open from the time of mailing for at least 20 Business Days and until at least 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Net Proceeds Payment Date. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Net Proceeds Offer, shall include such disclosures as are required by law and shall state:
(i) that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required is being made pursuant to this paragraph.Section 4.15;
(cii) In the event purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest, if any) for each First Mortgage Note and the Net Proceeds Payment Date;
(iii) that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu First Mortgage Note not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest in accordance with the Securities or terms thereof;
(iv) that any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor First Mortgage Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Payment Date;
(v) that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer Holders electing to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied have First Mortgage Notes purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer must surrender their First Mortgage Notes, with the form "Option of Noteholder to offer Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the First Mortgage Notes completed, to purchase such Other Debt and the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to a 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date and must complete any form letter of transmittal proposed by the Company and acceptable to the Trustee and the Paying Agent;
(vi) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their elections if the Paying Agent receives, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Business Day immediately preceding the Net Proceeds Payment Date, a telegram, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of First Mortgage Notes the Holder delivered for purchase, the First Mortgage Note certificate number (if any) and a statement that such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied Holder is withdrawing his election to purchase have such First Mortgage Notes purchased;
(vii) that if First Mortgage Notes in a principal amount in excess of the Securities is not less than Holders' pro rata share of the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Net Proceeds or Net Award are tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall make purchase First Mortgage Notes on a pro rata basis among the First Mortgage Notes tendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only First Mortgage Notes in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 shall be acquired);
(viii) that Holders whose First Mortgage Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued new First Mortgage Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the First Mortgage Notes surrendered; and
(ix) the instructions that Holders must follow to tender their First Mortgage Notes. On or before the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedPayment Date, the amount of Company shall (i) accept for payment, on a pro rata basis among the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedFirst Mortgage Notes, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities First Mortgage Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related and (ii) deliver to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) Paying Agent the First Mortgage Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate setting forth the First Mortgage Notes or portions thereof tendered to and accepted for payment by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail or deliver to each Holder of First Mortgage Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the denominator of which is the sum Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to each such Holder a new First Mortgage Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security Amount First Mortgage Notes surrendered upon receipt from the Company thereof. Any First Mortgage Note not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Net Proceeds Offer on the first Business Day following the Net Proceeds Payment Date. To the extent the Holders' pro rata portion of a Net Proceeds Offer is not fully subscribed to by such Holders, the Company may retain (free and clear of the Lien of this Indenture and the lesser Security Documents) such unutilized portion. The Paying Agent shall promptly deliver to the Company the balance of any such Trust Moneys held by the Paying Agent after payment to the Holders as aforesaid. For purposes of this Section 4.15, so long as the Collateral Agent is also the Trustee, the Collateral Agent shall act as the Paying Agent and, otherwise, the Trustee shall act as Paying Agent. The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the aggregate principal face amount Exchange Act and any other securities laws or accreted value as regulations in connection with the repurchase of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered First Mortgage Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.15, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.15 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Ameristeel Corp)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unless:
(i) Parent the Company or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to not less than the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofsubject to such Asset Sale;
(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from for such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of (A) cash or Cash Equivalents and Equivalents, (B) liabilities of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees) that are assumed by the transferee of such assets (provided that, following such Asset Sale there is received no further recourse to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such liabilities), or (C) fixed assets or property that, in the good faith judgment of the Managers, at the time of such dispositionAsset Sale will be used in a Related Business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 270 days of such Asset Sale as set forth (or within 30 days in Section 4.13(a) (such the case of an Asset Sale or series of related Asset Sales with Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”Proceeds of $15,000,000 or more), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”thereof are (A) invested in fixed assets or property that, in the good faith judgment of the Managers, at the time of such Asset Sale will be used in a Related Business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries, (B) applied to repay Indebtedness under Purchase Money Obligations incurred in connection with the asset so sold, (C) applied to repay Indebtedness under the Credit Facility and permanently reduce the commitment thereunder in the amount of the Indebtedness so repaid or (D) to the extent not used as provided in clauses (A), (B), or (C) applied to make an offer to purchase Notes as described below (a “an "Excess Proceeds Offer"); provided that, the Company will not be required to make an Excess Proceeds Offer until the amount of Excess Proceeds is greater than $5,000,000. The foregoing provisions in (i) or (ii) above shall not apply to an Event of Loss. Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under the Credit Facility or temporarily invest such Net Proceeds Offer”in Cash Equivalents. Net Proceeds not invested or applied as set forth in subclause (A), with a copy (B) or (C) of clause (iii) above constitute "Excess Proceeds." If the Company elects, or becomes obligated to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net make an Excess Proceeds Offer Payment Date”)because such Excess Proceeds exceed $5,000,000, all outstanding Securities up the Issuers shall offer to a maximum purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsExcess Proceeds (the "Purchase Amount"), at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the purchase date. The Issuers must consummate such Excess Proceeds Offer not later than 30 days after the expiration of the 270-day (or 30-day) period following the Asset Sale that produced such Excess Proceeds. If the aggregate purchase price for the Notes tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may use the portion of the Excess Proceeds remaining after payment of such purchase price for general corporate purposes. Each Excess Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days and no longer, unless a longer period is required by law (the "Excess Proceeds Offer Period"). Promptly after the termination of the Excess Proceeds Offer Period (the "Excess Proceeds Payment Date"), the Issuers shall purchase and mail or deliver payment for the Purchase Amount for the Notes or portions thereof tendered, pro rata or by such other method as may be required by law, or, if less than the Purchase Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Issuers shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.10 by virtue thereof. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create or suffer to exist or become effective any restriction that would impair the ability of the Issuers to make an Excess Proceeds Offer upon an Asset Sale or, if such Excess Proceeds Offer is made, to pay for the Notes tendered for purchase. The Issuers shall, no later than 30 days following the expiration of the 12-month period following the Asset Sale that produced Excess Proceeds, commence the Excess Proceeds Offer by mailing to the Trustee and each Holder, at such Holder's last registered address, a notice, which shall govern the terms of the Excess Proceeds Offer, and shall state:
(1) that the Excess Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.10, the principal amount of Notes which shall be accepted for payment and that all Notes validly tendered shall be accepted for payment on a pro rata basis;
(2) the purchase price and the date of purchase; provided, however, ;
(3) that any Notes not tendered or accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Excess Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal shall continue to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.accrue interest;
(c4) In that, unless the event that any other Indebtedness Issuers default in the payment of the Company that ranks pari passu purchase price with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsNotes tendered, Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer shall be required to surrender their Notes, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Issuers prior to the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(6) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Issuers receive, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the Company principal amount of Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued Notes representing the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that, each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in principal amount of $1,000 or whole multiples thereof; and
(8) the instructions that Holders must follow in order to tender their Notes. On or before the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, the Issuers shall (i) accept for payment on a pro rata basis the Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Notes or portions thereof so accepted and (iii) deliver to the Trustee the Notes so accepted, together with an Officers' Certificate stating that the Notes or portions thereof tendered to the Issuers are accepted for payment. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price of such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. The Issuers shall make a public announcement of the Net results of the Excess Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at as soon as practicable after the same time as Excess Proceeds Payment Date. For the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased4.10, the amount of Trustee shall act as the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds OfferPaying Agent.
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Samples: Indenture (Majestic Star Casino LLC)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will not, and will not permit Neither the Company nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, shall consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (ia) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
and (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iiib) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall applythe Company will within 365 days of the receipt of the proceeds therefrom, either: (i) apply or cause such Restricted its Subsidiary to apply, apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such of any Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
to (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor andRelated Business Investment, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were are the subject of such Asset Sale or (C) an investment in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses a business reasonably related thereto or thereto; (yii) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) a sale of a store or stores, deem such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To Net Cash Proceeds to have been applied to the extent that all of any capital expenditures made to acquire or part construct a replacement store in the general vicinity of the store sold within 365 days preceding the date of the Asset Sale; (iii) apply or cause to be applied such Net Cash Proceeds to the permanent repayment of Pari Passu Indebtedness or Senior Indebtedness; provided, however, that the repayment of any revolving loan (under the Credit Agreement or otherwise) shall result in a permanent reduction in the commitment thereunder; (iv) use such Net Cash Proceeds to secure Letter of Credit obligations to the extent related letters of credit have not been drawn upon or returned undrawn; or (v) after such time as the accumulated Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not Sales effected since June 14, 1995 equal or exceed $20 million, apply or cause to be applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds to the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), purchase of Securities tendered 75 -66- to the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to for purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, thereof plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchasepurchase pursuant to an offer to purchase made by the Company as set forth below (a "Net Proceeds Offer"); provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer Company shall have the right to exclude from the foregoing provisions Asset Sales subsequent to June 14, 1995, the proceeds of which are derived from the sale and substantially concurrent lease-back of a supermarket and/or related assets or equipment which are acquired or constructed by the Company or a Subsidiary subsequent to the date that is six months prior to the Issue Date; provided that such sale and substantially concurrent lease-back occurs within 270 days following such acquisition or the completion of such construction, as the case may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized be. Pending the utilization of any Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which the manner (and within the time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(cperiod) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Saledescribed above, the Company may apply the Unutilized use any such Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to repay revolving loans (under the Credit Agreement or otherwise) without a permanent reduction of the commitment thereunder. Notice of a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 5.16 will be mailed to record Holders of Securities as shown on the register of Holders not less than 325 days nor more than 365 days after the relevant Asset Sale, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 5.16 and that all Securities tendered will be accepted for payment, provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Securities tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall select the Securities to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Securities in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 40 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law) (the "Proceeds Purchase Date");
(4) that, unless (i) the Company defaults in making payment therefor or (ii) such payment is prohibited pursuant to Article Four hereof or otherwise, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Security, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than two Business Days prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Securities the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Other Debt Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Securities were purchased only in part will be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered; provided that each Security purchased and to a each new Security issued shall be in an original principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; and
(8) that the Net Proceeds Offer so long shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law. On or before the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsPurchase Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Securities to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price (and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Holders a new Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion 77 -68- of the Security Amount and surrendered provided that each such new Security shall be in the lesser principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) unless such payment is prohibited pursuant to Article Four hereof or otherwise. The Company will publicly announce the results of the aggregate principal face amount Net Proceeds Offer on or accreted value as soon as practicable after the Proceeds Purchase Date. For purposes of this Section 5.16, the relevant Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. Any amounts remaining after the purchase date of all Other Debt tendered Securities pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to the Company. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Securities pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions under this Section 5.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 5.16 by virtue thereof.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) The Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly, consummate an any Asset Sale Sale, unless:
(i) the consideration received by the Parent or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale Subsidiary is at least equal to the fair market value value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors, of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;; and
(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by consists of cash or cash equivalents.
(b) With respect to any Asset Sale occurring on or after the Closing Date from which the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary receives Net Cash Proceeds, the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, shall apply an amount equal to 100% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Asset Sale shall be to:
(i) first, to the extent the Parent elects (or is required by the terms of any Indebtedness), permanently repay (or cash collateralize) Senior Indebtedness of the Company or the Parent or Indebtedness (other than Redeemable Stock) of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than the Company) (in each case owing to a Person other than the form Parent or any of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at its Restricted Subsidiaries) within one year from the time later of the date of such dispositionAsset Sale and the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds; and
(iiiii) upon second, to the consummation extent of an Asset Salethe balance of such Net Cash Proceeds after application in accordance with clause (i), to the extent the Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary elects, invest in Additional Assets within 12 months from (or enter into a binding commitment to applyinvest in Additional Assets, provided that such commitment shall be subject only to customary conditions (other than financing) and such investment shall be consummated within 18 months from) the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness later of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject date of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in and receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds (such date, the business “Application Date”). Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.09, the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries will not be required to apply any Net Cash Proceeds in accordance with this covenant except to the extent that the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds from all Asset Sales that are not applied in accordance with this covenant exceeds $5 million. The amount of such excess Net Cash Proceeds required to be applied (or to be committed to be applied) during the periods set forth in this Section 4.09(b) and not applied as existing on so required by the Issue applicable Application Date or shall constitute “Excess Proceeds” and shall be applied as provided in businesses reasonably related thereto or Section 4.09(c) below.
(yc) Capital Stock If, as of the first day of any calendar month, the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds not theretofore subject to an entity that holds any such assets Offer to Purchase pursuant to this Section 4.09 totals at least $10 million (provided that in any lesser amount shall be carried forward for purposes of determining whether such an offer is required with respect to the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Excess Proceeds of from any subsequent Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”Sale), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trusteemust commence, not less later than 30 nor more than 60 days following the 15th Business Day of such 366th day (month, and consummate an Offer to Purchase from the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum pro rata basis an aggregate principal amount of Notes (expressed as a multiple and other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of $1,000the Company designated by the Company) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsExcess Proceeds on such date, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes, plus plus, in each case, accrued interest thereon interest, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that . If the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess purchase price of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Notes and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness tendered pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities Purchase is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Excess Proceeds, the Company shall make Parent or the Net applicable Restricted Subsidiary may use the remaining Excess Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at any manner not otherwise prohibited by the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other DebtIndenture.
(d) For the purposes of this Section 4.134.09, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered the following are deemed to be purchasedcash or cash equivalents:
(i) the assumption of Indebtedness of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary and the release of the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary from all liability on such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Sale; and
(ii) securities received by the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that are promptly converted by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash.
(e) The Company shall comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) of the Exchange Act and any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to this Section 4.09. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws and regulations conflict with provisions of this Section 4.09, the amount of Company shall comply with the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applicable securities laws and (2regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.09(e) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerby virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Graphic Packaging Corp)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company as evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers' Certificate delivered to the Trustee) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
subject to such Asset Sale, (ii) at least 7585% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from for such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents and is received at or liabilities of the time Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee of the Notes) that are assumed by the transferee of such disposition; and
assets (PROVIDED, that following such Asset Sale there is no further recourse to the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such assets), and (iii) upon the consummation within 12 months of an such Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating thereof are (a) invested in assets related to such Asset Sale within 365 days the business of receipt thereof either:
the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries as conducted on the Issue Date, (1b) used to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or permanently reduce any Indebtedness of which ranks pari passu with the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, Notes (PROVIDED in the case of any a revolver or similar arrangement that makes credit available, such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
commitment is also permanently reduced) or (2c) to make an investment the extent not used as provided in clause (xa) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), applied to make an offer to purchase Notes as described below (a “an "EXCESS PROCEEDS OFFER"); PROVIDED, that if the amount of Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy from any Asset Sale not invested pursuant to the Trustee, not clause (a) above or used to repay Indebtedness pursuant to clause (b) above is less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day $2.0 million, the Company shall not be required to make an offer pursuant to clause (the “c). The amount of Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”)not invested or applied as set forth in the preceding clause (a) or (b) constitutes "EXCESS PROCEEDS." If the Company elects, all outstanding Securities up or becomes obligated to a maximum make an Excess Proceeds Offer, the Company shall offer to purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsExcess Proceeds (the "PURCHASE AMOUNT"), at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date. The Company must commence such Excess Proceeds Offer not later than 30 days after the expiration of the 12-month period following the Asset Sale that produced Excess Proceeds. If the aggregate purchase price for the Notes tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may use the portion of the Excess Proceeds remaining after payment of such purchase price for general corporate purposes. Each Excess Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Busi- ness Days and no longer, unless a longer period is required by law (the "EXCESS PROCEEDS OFFER PERIOD"). Promptly after the termination of the Excess Proceeds Offer Period (the "EXCESS PROCEEDS PAYMENT DATE"), the Company shall purchase and mail or deliver payment for the Purchase Amount for the Notes or portions thereof tendered, PRO RATA or by such other method as may be required by law, or, if less than the Purchase Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer. The principal amount of Notes to be purchased pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer may be reduced by the principal amount of Notes acquired by the Company through purchase or redemption (other than pursuant to a Change of Control Offer) subsequent to the date of purchase; providedthe Asset Sale and surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. Each Excess Proceeds Offer shall be conducted in compliance with all applicable laws, howeverincluding without limitation, Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act and all other applicable Federal and state securities laws. To the extent that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to provisions of any securities laws or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu regulations conflict with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceedsthis Section 4.10, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.10 by virtue thereof. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create or suffer to exist or become effective any restriction that would impair the ability of the Company to make the Net an Excess Proceeds Offer in respect thereof upon an Asset Sale or, if such Excess Proceeds Offer is made, to pay for the Notes tendered for purchase. The Company shall, no later than 30 days following the expiration of the 12-month period following the Asset Sale that produced Excess Proceeds, commence the Excess Proceeds Offer by mailing to the Trustee and each Holder, at such Xxxxxx's last registered address, a notice, which shall govern the same time as terms of the analogous offer to purchase Excess Proceeds Offer, and shall state:
(1) that the Excess Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to any Other Debt this Section 4.10, the principal amount of Notes which shall be accepted for payment and that all Notes validly tendered shall be accepted for payment on a PRO RATA basis;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date of purchase;
(3) that any Notes not tendered or accepted for payment pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer shall continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in respect the payment of the Securities purchase price with respect to any Notes tendered, Notes accepted for pay- ment pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer shall be required to surrender their Notes, with the same as form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Company prior to the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(6) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company receives, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Xxxxxx is withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued Notes representing the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; PROVIDED that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in principal amount of $1,000 or whole multiples thereof; and
(8) the instructions that Holders must follow in order to tender their Notes. On or before the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, the Company shall (i) accept for payment on a PRO RATA basis the Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the purchase date price of all Notes or portions thereof so accepted and (iii) deliver to the Trustee the Notes so accepted, together with an Officers' Certificate stating that the Notes or portions thereof tendered to the Company are accepted for payment. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes so accepted payment in respect an amount equal to the purchase price of such Other Debt.
(d) Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered. The Company shall make a public announcement of the results of the Excess Proceeds Offer as soon as practicable after the Excess Proceeds Payment Date. For the purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased4.10, the amount of Trustee shall act as the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds OfferPaying Agent.
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Samples: Indenture (Archibald Candy Corp)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors); (ii) at least 7580% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Senior Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its the Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clause (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) or (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each, a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 2.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount amounts in excess of $20.0 million, 2.0 million shall be applied as required pursuant by the preceding paragraph). The first date the aggregate of all such deferred Net Proceeds Offer Amounts is equal to this paragraph.
(c) $2.0 million or more shall be deemed to be a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date". In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu and the Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted 42 49 under Section 5.01, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this covenant with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company may apply or the Unutilized Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds otherwise for purposes of this covenant. Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Notes in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Notes of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 business days or such longer period as may be required by law. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to be applied the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as Offer. To the amount extent that the provisions of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Securities is not less than the Security Portion "Asset Sale" provisions of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceedsthis Indenture, the Company shall make comply with the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of have breached its obligations under this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer4.15 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Stuart Entertainment Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofof (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors);
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Replacement Assets (as defined below) (or a combination thereof) and is received at the time of such disposition; provided that
(A) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee of a Guarantor) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets; and
(iiiB) the fair market value of any securities or other assets received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for any such assets that are converted into cash within 180 days after such Asset Sale; shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision; and
(3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1a) to prepay repay (i) any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of Obligations under the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, Credit Agreement and effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facilityCredit Agreement and (ii) in the case of an Asset Sale by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, Obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary;
(2b) to make an investment invest or commit to invest in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets (including Capital Stock) that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”);
(c) to acquire or commit to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or a majority of the voting Capital Stock of a Permitted Business; and/or
(3d) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(13)(a) through (3)(c); provided that in the case of a commitment to invest under clauses (b) and (iii)(2).
(bc) To the extent that all above, such investment or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, acquisition shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraphconsummated within six months after such commitment.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.
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Samples: Indenture (Mobile Mini Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 7580% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents or Replacement Assets (as defined below) and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 180 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and/or assets that replace the properties and/or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and/or assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 181st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal PRO RATA basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.16. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 5.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph). In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.16, and shall comply with the provisions of this covenant with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 4.16. Notwithstanding the two immediately preceding paragraphs, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the extent (i) at least 80% of the 61 -53- consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; PROVIDED that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs. Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Notes in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Notes of tendering Holders will be purchased on a PRO RATA basis (based on amounts tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 business days or such longer period as may be required by law.
(cb) In Each notice of a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.16 shall be mailed or caused to be mailed, by first class mail, by the event that any other Indebtedness Company not more than 25 days after the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last registered addresses as of a date within 15 days of the Company mailing of such notice, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.16 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the aggregate principal amount of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon Notes tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer exceeds the consummation aggregate amount of an Asset Salethe Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may apply shall select the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required Notes to be applied purchased on a PRO RATA basis based on the amounts tendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the purchase date (which shall be at least 20 and not more than 30 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law) (the "Proceeds Purchase Date");
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than five Business Days prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date, a Net Proceeds Offer so long as telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Unutilized Net Cash Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; PROVIDED that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; On or before the Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsPurchase Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities validly tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the “Security Amount”) and Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Other Debt tendered Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.16, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. Any amounts remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to purchase the Company. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such Other Debt made at laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the time repurchase of such Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.16 by virtue thereof.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of after receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Debt, Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the a Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor andGuarantor, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility (or effect a permanent reduction in availability under such revolving credit facility;
, regardless of the fact that no prepayment is required), (2B) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto acquire Replacement Assets, or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(13)(A) and (iii)(23)(B).
(b) To . Pending the extent that all or part final application of the Net Cash Proceeds, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may invest such Net Cash Proceeds of in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. On the 366th day after an Asset Sale are or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not applied within 365 days of to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”3)(A), (3)(B) and (3)(C) of the Company shallpreceding paragraph (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (3)(A), (3)(B) and (3)(C) of the preceding paragraph (each, a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum pro rata basis, that principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued interest and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if the Company elects (or is required by the terms of Indebtedness that ranks pari passu with the Securities), such Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized made ratably to purchase the Securities and such pari passu Indebtedness. If at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration) or Cash Equivalents, then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.12. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer until there is an aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 35.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales or deemed Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 35.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) ). The first such date the aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount is equal to or in excess of $35.0 million shall be treated for this purpose as the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date. In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.12, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this Section 4.12 with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the Fair Market Value of such properties and assets of the Company may apply or the Unutilized Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required for purposes of this Section 4.12. Notice of each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed or caused to be applied mailed, by first class mail, by the Company within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all record Holders as shown on the register of Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.12 and that the Holders may elect to tender their Securities in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Securities properly tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer exceeds the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Securities of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest, if any) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date (which shall be at least 20 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law);
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Security, with the form entitled "Option of Holder To Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to purchase such Other Debt and the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to a the close of business on the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied Holder is withdrawing his election to purchase have such Security purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be issued new Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Securities is not less than surrendered. On or before the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased in accordance with item (1) above, (ii) deposit with the “Security Amount”Paying Agent in accordance with Section 2.14 U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Securities to be purchased and (iii) and deliver to the denominator Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of which is Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the sum purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.12, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. To the extent that the aggregate amount of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt notes tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may use such Other Debt made at the time excess Net Proceeds Offer Amount for general corporate purposes or for any other purposes not prohibited by this Indenture. Upon completion of any such Net Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset to zero. The Company will comply with all tender offer rules under state and federal securities laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder, to the extent applicable to such offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the foregoing "Asset Sale" provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the foregoing provisions of this Indenture by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Tenneco Automotive Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consummate an any Asset Sale unless:
(i) Parent the Borrower or the applicable Restricted SubsidiaryBorrower Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of consummation of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;
(ii) at least 75such Asset Sale is either of (1) the Borrower's or the applicable Borrower Subsidiary Guarantor's entire interest in a Collateral Vessel (the "Sold Collateral Vessel") together with the applicable Related Assets; provided that the Borrower or the applicable Borrower Subsidiary Guarantor, as applicable, may elect to sell only the Sold Collateral Vessel and retain all or any portion of the Related Assets or (2) all the Capital Stock of the Borrower Subsidiary Guarantor that owns such Collateral Vessel and Related Assets;
(iii) 100% of the consideration received in such Asset Sale by Parent the Borrower or such Borrower Subsidiary Guarantor is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents; provided that the Borrower shall cause all Net Cash Proceeds received in respect of such Asset Sale to be deposited into a deposit account controlled by the Collateral Agent upon the receipt thereof and held as Collateral subject to a Lien under the Collateral Agreements pending the application of such funds in accordance with the terms of this Section 7.22; provided, however, the non-cash consideration described in clauses (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) below received is pledged as Collateral under the Collateral Agreements within 20 Business Days, in accordance with the requirements set forth in this Agreement;
(iv) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing unless such Default or Event of Default will be cured by the consummation of such Asset Sale; and
(v) after consummating such Asset Sale, at least three Collateral Vessels, with an average remaining Collateral Vessel Contract duration with respect to all such Collateral Vessels' full capacity of at least 6 years (calculated as of the time of such Asset Sale) (i) are owned by the Borrowers and the Borrower Subsidiary Guarantors, (ii) constitute Collateral pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (iii) are not subject to any sale, disposition or Event of Total Loss.
(b) For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
(i) any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Loan Document Obligations) that are assumed, repaid or retired by the transferee of any such assets so long as the Borrower or such Subsidiary is released from further liability;
(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Borrower or any such Subsidiary from such transferee that are, subject to ordinary settlement periods, converted by the Borrower or such Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents within three months following the closing of such Asset Sale, to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received in that conversion; and
(iii) any stock or assets of the kind referred to in Section 7.22(c)(i).
(c) Within 180 days after the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Borrower or the Restricted Subsidiaryapplicable Borrower Subsidiary Guarantor, as the case may be, from may apply such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating at its option to any combination of the following (provided that, in the case of clause (i) below, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing):
(i) to acquire one or more Substitute Vessels and Related Assets, or all of the Capital Stock of any Person owning one or more Substitute Vessels, and to make any Permitted Repairs with respect to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
Substitute Vessels, in substitute for such Sold Collateral Vessel; provided that (1x) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in acquisition of the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in Person, such Person is or becomes a Borrower Subsidiary Guarantor after giving effect to such acquisition and complies with Section 7.07 and the case of this clause Collateral and Guarantee Requirements and (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectivelySubstitute Vessel shall be subject to a Ship Mortgage pursuant to which the Collateral Agent shall obtain a Lien, “Replacement Assets”)on a first-priority basis subject to Permitted Collateral Liens, on such Substitute Vessel for the benefit of the Secured Parties; and/oror
(3ii) prepay Loans in accordance with Section 4.03, provided that a combination of prepayment and investment permitted binding commitment made within the 180-day period described above by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To Borrower or the extent that all or part of the applicable Borrower Subsidiary Guarantor to apply Net Cash Proceeds of any from an Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(aaccordance with clause (i) (such Net Cash Proceeds, above shall toll the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th 180-day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date period in respect of such Other DebtNet Cash Proceeds for a period not to exceed 180 days from the expiration of the aforementioned 180-day period, provided that such Net Cash Proceeds are actually used within the later of 180 days from their receipt from such Asset Sale and 180 days from the date of such binding commitment.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered If the Borrower elects to be purchased, apply the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale pursuant to Section 7.22(c), any excess amounts that are not applied or invested as provided in Section 7.22(c) will constitute "Excess Asset Sale Proceeds", and (2) if Other Debt is being offered the Borrower will, or will cause the applicable Borrower Subsidiary Guarantor to, within five Business Days thereof, prepay the Loans in an amount equal to be purchased, such Excess Asset Sale Proceeds in accordance with Section 4.03. If the amount of Borrower elects not to apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale pursuant to Section 7.22(c), the Borrower shall prepay the principal of the Loans in an amount equal to the product greater of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds $100,000,000 and (y) a fraction the numerator Relevant Percentage of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Loans (in each case, with Net Cash Proceeds from such Asset Sale, any other cash available to the Borrower (including the “Security Amount”proceeds of cash equity contributions to the Borrower) or any combination thereof).
(e) Pending the final application of any Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales, the Borrower Group Parties may invest such Net Cash Proceeds in cash and Cash Equivalents.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 7.22 with respect to any Asset Sale that is an Event of Loss, such Event of Loss and the Net Cash Proceeds in respect thereof will be governed by Section 4.02(a) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offernot this Section 7.22.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) The Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) the Parent (or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) receives consideration at the time of the Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets or Capital Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;
(2) at least 75% of the consideration received in the Asset Sale by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Eligible Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this provision, each of the following will be deemed to be cash:
(a) any liabilities, as shown on the most recent consolidated balance sheet of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets pursuant to a customary assignment and assumption agreement that releases the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary from further liability; and
(b) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash within 180 days of their receipt to the extent of the cash received in that conversion.
(b) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Parent (or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of ) may apply such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof eitherat its option:
(1) to prepay any Senior repay Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of under the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facilityCredit Facilities;
(2) to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or any Capital Interests of, another Permitted Business, if, after giving effect to any such acquisition of Capital Interests, the Permitted Business is or becomes a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent;
(3) to make a capital expenditure in or that is used or useful in a Permitted Business or to make expenditures for maintenance, repair or improvement of existing properties and assets in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture;
(4) to acquire other assets (other than inventory) that are used or useful in a Permitted Business;
(5) to repay or repurchase Debt secured by the assets of the Parent or any Restricted Subsidiaries; or
(6) in any combination of the foregoing; provided that, in the case of clauses (2), (3) or (4) of this Section 4.10(b), a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Cash Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as the Parent or a Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Cash Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of the end of such 360-day period (an investment “Asset Sale Acceptable Commitment”) and, in (x) assets the event such Net Cash Proceeds are not so applied within such 180-day period, or any Asset Sale Acceptable Commitment is cancelled or terminated for any reason before the Net Cash Proceeds are applied in connection therewith, then such Net Cash Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale constituted Collateral, such replacement assets acquired pursuant to clauses (2), (3) and (4) of this Section 4.10(b) shall also be required to constitute Collateral.
(c) Any Net Cash Proceeds from Asset Sales that are not applied or invested as provided in assets that Section 4.10(b) will be used in constitute “Excess Proceeds.” When the business aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10.0 million, the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing will, within 30 days, (x) make an Offer to Purchase to all Holders of Notes (on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or a pro rata basis to each series of Notes), (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectivelyExcess Proceeds which are received as a result of an Asset Sale of Collateral, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by to the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds holders of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations containing provisions similar to those set forth in Section 4.13(athis Indenture with respect to Asset Sales and (z) (such Net Cash Proceeds, in the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net case of Excess Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, which are not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed received as a multiple result of $1,000) an Asset Sale of Securities Collateral, to all holders of other Debt ranking pari passu with the Notes containing provisions similar to those set forth in this Indenture with respect to Asset Sales, equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Excess Proceeds, at a purchase . The offer price in cash any Offer to Purchase will be equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, howeverand will be payable in cash. If any Excess Proceeds remain after consummation of an Offer to Purchase, that the Net Proceeds Offer Parent may be deferred until there are use those funds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture and they will no longer constitute Excess Proceeds. If the aggregate Unutilized principal amount of Notes and other Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (in the case of Net Cash Proceeds equal to from Collateral) or Notes and other pari passu debt (in excess the case of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized any other Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with tendered into such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as Purchase exceeds the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Excess Proceeds, the Company shall make Trustee will select the Net Notes and, if applicable, Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations and other pari passu debt, to be purchased on a pro rata basis among each series. Upon completion of each Offer to Purchase, the amount of Excess Proceeds Offer in respect thereof will be reset at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debtzero.
(d) For purposes The Parent will comply with the applicable requirements of Rule 14e- 1under the Exchange Act and any other applicable securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedIndenture, the amount Parent will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will be deemed to have complied with its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time this Indenture by virtue of such Net Proceeds Offercompliance.
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Samples: Indenture (Bumble Bee Capital Corp.)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofof (as determined reasonably and in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors);
(ii2) at least 7580% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 270 days of receipt thereof either:
(1a) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, including the Credit Facility, effect a corresponding permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2b) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Productive Assets”); and/oror
(3c) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(13)(a) and (iii)(23)(b).
(b) To . On the extent that all 271st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”3)(a), (3)(b) and (3)(c) of the Company shallimmediately preceding paragraph (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of ------------------------------- Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (3)(a), (3)(b) and (3)(c) of the immediately preceding paragraph (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be ------------------------- applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day date (the “"Net ------------------ --- Proceeds Offer Payment Date”)") not less than 20 Business Days nor more than 30 --------------------------- Business Days following the date on which the notice of such Net Proceeds Offer is mailed to the Holders, from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum pro rata basis, that principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including Additional Interest, if any) thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non- cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.05. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 5.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
) (c) In the event first date the aggregate amount of all such unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount is equal to or in excess of $5.0 million shall be deemed to be the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date). Upon completion of a Net Proceeds Offer, the amount of Net Cash Proceeds and the amount of aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount will be reset to zero. Accordingly, to the extent that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the Net Proceeds remain after consummation of an Asset Salea Net Proceeds Offer, the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may apply be, may use such Net Proceeds for any purpose not prohibited by this Indenture. Notwithstanding the Unutilized first two paragraphs of this covenant, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the extent that:
(1) at least 80% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Productive Assets; and
(2) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided that any consideration consisting of cash or Cash Equivalents received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds otherwise subject to the provisions of the two immediately preceding paragraphs. Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Securities in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Securities in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Securities of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.05 and that all Securities tendered will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Securities tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued and unpaid interest at the expiration of such offer exceeds the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Securities to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered) (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Securities in denominations of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 20 Business Days nor later than 30 Business Days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law) (the "Net Proceeds Purchase Date"); --------------------------
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest if interest is then accruing;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Security, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to a the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the second Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the second Business Day preceding the Net Proceeds Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is not less than withdrawing his/her election to have such Securities purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Securities were purchased only in part will be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the Security Portion unpurchased portion of Unutilized the Securities surrendered. On or before the Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Purchase Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to be purchased in accordance with this Section 4.05, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent United States Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Securities to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, and the Company shall execute and issue, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum Holders new Securities equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security Amount and Securities surrendered. Any Securities not so accepted shall be promptly mailed or delivered by the lesser Company to the Holder thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the aggregate principal face amount Net Proceeds Offer on or accreted value as soon as practicable after the Net Proceeds Purchase Date. For purposes of this Section 4.05, the relevant purchase date Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. The Company will comply with the requirements of all Other Debt tendered Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.05, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.05 by virtue thereof.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unlessunless each of the following requirements is satisfied:
(i1) Parent or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by Parent or the such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of (a) cash and/or Cash Equivalents, (b) Replacement Assets or Cash Equivalents (c) any combination of the consideration described in subclauses (a) and is (b) of this clause (2); provided that the amount of:
(i) any liabilities (as shown on Parent's or such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets as a result of which Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries are released from further liability with respect thereto, and
(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations received at by Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted within 180 days of receipt thereof by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the time extent of such dispositionthe cash received) shall, in each case, be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (2); and
(iii3) upon if such Asset Sale involves the consummation Transfer of Collateral, it complies with the applicable provisions of the Security Documents.
(b) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary may, at its option, cause such Net Proceeds to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof eitherbe applied as follows:
(1) in the case of any Transfer of Collateral or Excluded Securities, (a) to prepay any Senior Debt make an investment in or Guarantor Senior Debt expenditure for Replacement Assets or any Indebtedness other capital expenditures on assets that constitute Collateral or to enter into a binding commitment to make such an investment or expenditure; provided that, in the case of a commitment to make an investment or expenditure, such investment or expenditure shall have been made within 180 days of such 360th day (provided that in all such cases such investment or expenditure shall be acquired or made by the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not Company or a Guarantor and, in the case of any investments in or expenditures for Replacement Assets, such Replacement Assets shall be made subject to the Lien of the Security Documents), (b) to repay Indebtedness under the New Credit Facility (including any revolving credit facilityRelated Obligations) and/or any Additional Pari Passu First Priority Indebtedness (and, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;each case, to permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder) or (c) any combination of subclauses (a) and (b) of this clause (1); and
(2) in all other cases, (a) to make an investment in or expenditure for Replacement Assets or other capital expenditure or to enter into a binding commitment to make such an investment or expenditure; provided that, in the case of a commitment to make an investment or expenditure, such investment or expenditure shall have been made within 180 days of such 360th day, (xb) assets that replace to repay Indebtedness (and to permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder) secured by a Lien on the assets that were which are the subject of such Asset Sale or Sale, (c) to repay Indebtedness under the New Credit Facility (including any Related Obligations) and/or any Additional Pari Passu First Priority Indebtedness (and, in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto each case, to permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder) or (yd) Capital Stock any combination of an entity that holds any such assets subclauses (provided that in the case a), (b) and (c) of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(22).
(bc) To the extent Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days or invested as provided in subsection (b) of such this Section 4.12 will be deemed to constitute "Excess Proceeds." If on any date the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25,000,000 (the "Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”Offer Trigger Date"), the Company shallshall be required to:
(1) to the extent that such Excess Proceeds resulted from the Transfer of assets constituting Collateral or Excluded Securities, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), i) to make an offer ("Asset Sale Offer") to the Holders of the Notes to purchase (Notes on a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, pro rata basis at a purchase an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.12 and (ii) to the extent the Company so elects or is required, to repay any other outstanding Pari Passu Second Priority Indebtedness (or offer to purchase such Indebtedness if pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness the issuer thereof is only required to offer to repay such Indebtedness) (and, in each case, permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder) at a repayment (or repurchase) price not to exceed 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon and unpaid interest, if any, to the date repayment (or repurchase) date; and
(2) to the extent that such Excess Proceeds resulted from the Transfer of purchaseassets not constituting Collateral or Excluded Securities, (i) to make an Asset Sale Offer to the Holders of the Notes to purchase such Notes on a pro rata basis at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.12 and (ii) to the extent the Company so elects or is required, to repay any other outstanding Pari Passu Indebtedness (including, without limitation, Third Priority Notes) (or offer to purchase such Pari Passu Indebtedness if pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness the issuer thereof is only required to offer to repay such Indebtedness) (and permanently reduce amounts outstanding under such Pari Passu Indebtedness) at a repayment (or repurchase) price not to exceed 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repayment (or repurchase) date.
(d) Each application of Excess Proceeds pursuant to (y) clause (1) of Section 4.12(c) shall be made on a pro rata basis among the Notes and any such other Pari Passu Second Priority Indebtedness in proportion to the respective amounts outstanding under each such item of Indebtedness and (z) clause (2) of Section 4.12(c) shall be made on a pro rata basis among the Notes and any such other Pari Passu Indebtedness in proportion to the respective amounts outstanding under each such item of Indebtedness. To the extent that any Excess Proceeds remain after compliance with clause (c) above, Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not prohibited under this Indenture; provided, however, that to the Net extent that all or any portion of any remaining Excess Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash is comprised of proceeds of Asset Sales of Collateral, such Excess Proceeds equal shall remain subject to or in excess the Liens of $20.0 millionthe Security Documents. Upon completion of an Asset Sale Offer, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, Excess Proceeds shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraphreset at zero.
(ce) In All Net Proceeds and Excess Proceeds from Asset Sales (whether or not involving Collateral) may, pending their application in accordance with this Section 4.12, be used to temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings under (i) the event New Credit Facility in the case of Asset Sales involving Collateral, or (ii) any Credit Facility in the case of Asset Sales not involving Collateral, or in either case, be invested in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture. Upon consummation of any other Indebtedness Asset Sale of assets constituting Collateral permitted under the terms of this Indenture, the assets so Transferred in such Asset Sale will be released from the Liens in favor of the Company that ranks pari passu with Notes created by the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee Security Documents.
(“Other Debt”f) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of Within 30 days following an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Sale Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsTrigger Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof send, or at the same time as Company's written request the analogous Trustee shall send, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a notice to each Holder of Notes at its last registered address, which notice shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer. The notice shall offer to repurchase Notes on the purchase date specified in such notice (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as required by law) (the "Asset Sale Offer Payment Date") pursuant to the procedures required by this Indenture and described in such notice. The notice to the Holders shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. Such notice shall state:
(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.134.12 and that all Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be accepted for payment; provided, “Security Portion however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds available in connection with the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and Asset Sale Offer, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis;
(2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal Asset Sale Offer Payment Date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as required by law);
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the product Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the applicable Paying Agent and Registrar for the Note at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(x6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) applicable Paying Agent receives, not later than the third Business Day prior to the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, a fraction telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the numerator name of which is the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided, however, that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or (euro)1,000, or the case may be, or integral multiples thereof.
(g) On the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Securities Notes or portions thereof (in integral multiples of $1,000 or (euro)1,000, as the case may be) validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Net Asset Sale Offer; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds Offer related available in connection with the Asset Sale Offer, the Trustee shall select the Notes to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased on a pro rata basis;
(2) deposit with (a) the “Security Amount”Dollar Paying Agent an amount in U.S. Dollars equal to the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) in respect of all Dollar Notes or portions thereof to be purchased and (b) the Euro Paying Agent an amount in Euros equal to the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) in respect of all Euro Notes or portions thereof to be purchased; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee all Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Dollar Notes (or portions thereof) and the denominator aggregate principal amount of which is Euro Notes (or portions thereof), in each case being purchased by the sum Company. Upon receipt by the applicable Paying Agent of the Security Amount monies specified in clause (2) above and the lesser Officers' Certificate specified in clause (3) above, such Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes so purchased the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder of Notes a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the aggregate Notes purchased, if any; provided that each such new Note will be in a principal face amount of $1,000 or accreted value (euro)1,000, as the case may be, or an integral multiple thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the relevant Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date.
(h) Upon the payment of the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) for any Notes purchased in the Asset Sale Offer, the Trustee shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.17, return such Notes to the Company for cancellation. Any monies remaining after the purchase date of all Other Debt tendered Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer an Asset Sale Offer shall be returned within three Business Days to purchase such Other Debt made at the time Company by the Paying Agents. The Trustee may act as the Dollar Paying Agent and/or the Euro Paying Agent for purposes of such Net Proceeds any Asset Sale Offer.
(i) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this covenant, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this paragraph by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Crown Holdings Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 7580% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of (x) cash or Cash Equivalents Equivalents, (y) Replacement Assets or (z) any combination of the foregoing and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 270 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (ii) or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness clause (xii) of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject definition of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, "Permitted Indebtedness" (other than subordinated Indebtedness) and effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
thereunder, (2B) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto Replacement Assets or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 271st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines, as the case may be, not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) holders of Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness (to the extent required by the terms of such Indebtedness) on a pro rata basis based on the aggregate amount outstanding of Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness requiring such an offer to be made, that amount of Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness in the aggregate equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to, with respect to the Securities, 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase, and with respect to any Pari Passu Indebtedness, an amount not greater than 100% of the principal amount, or accreted value, of such Pari Passu Indebtedness; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million5,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In ). Pending the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount final application of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make may temporarily cause the Guarantors to reduce Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Facility or invest such Net Cash Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) Cash Equivalents. For purposes of this Section 4.13clause (ii)(x) of the immediately preceding paragraph, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the term "cash" shall include the amount of any Indebtedness for borrowed money or any Capitalized Lease Obligations (A) that is assumed by the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and transferee of any assets or property which constitutes the Asset Sale or (2B) if Other Debt is being offered with respect to be purchased, the amount sale or disposition of all of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary, that remains the liability of such Restricted Subsidiary subsequent to such sale or other disposition, in each case provided that there is no further recourse to the product Company or any of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds OfferIndebtedness.
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Samples: Indenture (Manischewitz B Co LLC)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of Qualified Proceeds; provided that the amount of (x) any liabilities of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (as shown on the Company's or on such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet) (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Securities or, in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary, its Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and (y) any securities, notes or other obligations received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 180 days after receipt, shall be deemed to be cash for the purposes of this clause (ii); provided, further, however, that (A) this clause (ii) shall not apply to any sale of Capital Stock of or Cash Equivalents other 41 42 Investments in Unrestricted Subsidiaries or (B) any Sale and is received at the time of such disposition; and
Leaseback Transaction and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Debt Indebtedness or any Indebtedness of the a Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor (and, in the case of any such Senior Indebtedness or Guarantor Senior Indebtedness or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor under any revolving credit facility, including the New Credit Facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
) or effect a permanent reduction in the availability under any revolving credit facility regardless of the fact that no prepayment is required in order to do so (2in which case no prepayment shall be required), (B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be are used or usable in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related or complementary thereto ("Replacement Assets"), it being understood that (i) the receipt of Qualified Proceeds (other than cash or Cash Equivalents) and (yii) Capital Stock the payment of an entity that holds any expenses related to the relocation to the Moorpark Facility (including, without limitation, reimbursement to the Company of expenses incurred prior to the Issue Date) are deemed to be a valid application of such assets (provided that in the case of Qualified Proceeds pursuant to this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 iii)(B), or (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 361st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallimmediately preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the immediately preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day date (the “"Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”)") not less than 20 Business Days nor more than 30 Business Days following the date that notice of the Net Proceeds Offer is mailed to the Holders, from all outstanding Holders, together with holders of other Indebtedness that is not by its terms subordinated to the Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000the "Other Asset Sale Indebtedness") of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary to whom an offer of Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale must be made pursuant to the terms of the instruments governing such Other Asset Sale Indebtedness on a pro rata basis, that amount of Securities and such Other Asset Sale Indebtedness equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities or such Other Asset Sale Indebtedness (as the case may be) to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest or dividends received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.05. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 10,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million10,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness ). Upon completion of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.a
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Samples: Indenture (Scot Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unlessunless each of the following requirements is satisfied:
(i1) Parent or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets or Equity Interests issued or sold or otherwise disposed of;
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by Parent or the such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of (a) cash and/or Cash Equivalents, (b) Replacement Assets or Cash Equivalents (c) any combination of the consideration described in subclauses (a) and is (b) of this clause (2); provided that the amount of:
(i) any liabilities (as shown on Parent’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) of Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Note Guarantee) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets as a result of which Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries are released from further liability with respect thereto, and
(ii) any securities, notes or other obligations received at by Parent or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted within 180 days of receipt thereof by Parent or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the time extent of such dispositionthe cash received) shall, in each case, be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (2); and
(iii3) upon if such Asset Sale involves the consummation Transfer of Collateral, it complies with the applicable provisions of the Security Documents.
(b) Within 330 days after the receipt of any Net Proceeds from an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary may, at its option, cause such Net Proceeds to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof eitherbe applied as follows:
(1) in the case of any Transfer of Collateral or Excluded Securities, (a) to prepay any Senior Debt make an investment in or Guarantor Senior Debt expenditure for Replacement Assets or any Indebtedness other capital expenditures on assets that constitute Collateral or to enter into a binding commitment to make such an investment or expenditure; provided that, in the case of a commitment to make an investment or expenditure, such investment or expenditure shall have been made within 180 days of such 330th day (provided that in all such cases such investment or expenditure shall be acquired or made by the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not Company or a Guarantor and, in the case of any investments in or expenditures for Replacement Assets, such Replacement Assets shall be made subject to the Lien of the Security Documents), (b) to repay Indebtedness under the New Credit Facility (including any revolving credit facilityRelated Obligations) and/or any other Pari Passu First Priority Indebtedness (and, effect in each case, to permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder), (c) to consummate a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;Permitted Existing Secured Notes Repayment, or (d) any combination of subclauses (a), (b) and (c) of this clause (1); and
(2) in all other cases, (a) to make an investment in or expenditure for Replacement Assets or other capital expenditure or to enter into a binding commitment to make such an investment or expenditure; provided that, in the case of a commitment to make an investment or expenditure, such investment or expenditure shall have been made within 180 days of such 330th day, (xb) assets that replace to repay Indebtedness (and to permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder) secured by a Lien on the assets that were which are the subject of such Asset Sale or Sale, (c) to repay Indebtedness under the New Credit Facility (including any Related Obligations) and/or any other Pari Passu First Priority Indebtedness (and, in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto each case, to permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder), (d) to consummate a Permitted Existing Secured Notes Repayment or (ye) Capital Stock any combination of an entity that holds any such assets subclauses (provided that in the case a), (b), (c) and (d) of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(22).
(bc) To the extent Any Net Proceeds from Asset Sales that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days or invested as provided in subsection (b) of such Asset Sale as set forth in this Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash 4.12 will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds, .” If on any date the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $25,000,000 (the “Net Proceeds Asset Sale Offer Trigger Date”), the Company shall be required to:
(1) to the extent that such Excess Proceeds resulted from the Transfer of assets constituting Collateral or Excluded Securities,
(a) first, (i) to make an offer (“Asset Sale Offer”) to the Holders of the Notes to purchase (Notes on a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, pro rata basis at a purchase an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.12 and (ii) to the extent the Company so elects or is required, to repay any other outstanding Pari Passu First Priority Indebtedness (or offer to purchase such Indebtedness if pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness the issuer thereof is only required to offer to repay such Indebtedness) (and, in each case, permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder (but, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness, only to the extent that such revolving credit Indebtedness would, in accordance with its terms, require a permanent reduction in the commitments relating thereto)) at a repayment (or repurchase) price not to exceed 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon and unpaid interest, if any, to the repayment (or repurchase) date;
(b) second, to the extent any Excess Proceeds remain after giving effect to clause (a) above, to the extent the Company so elects or is required, to repay any outstanding Pari Passu Second Priority Indebtedness and/or Pari Passu Third Priority Indebtedness (or offer to purchase such Indebtedness if pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness the issuer thereof is only required to offer to repay such Indebtedness) (and, in each case, permanently reduce amounts outstanding thereunder (but, in the case of revolving credit Indebtedness, only to the extent that such revolving credit Indebtedness would, in accordance with its terms, require a permanent reduction in the commitments relating thereto)) at a repayment (or repurchase) price not to exceed 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repayment (or repurchase) date; and
(2) to the extent that such Excess Proceeds resulted from the Transfer of assets not constituting Collateral or Excluded Securities, (i) to make an Asset Sale Offer to the Holders of the Notes to purchase such Notes on a pro rata basis at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 4.12 and (ii) to the extent the Company so elects or is required, to repay any other outstanding Pari Passu Indebtedness (or offer to purchase such Pari Passu Indebtedness if pursuant to the terms of such Indebtedness the issuer thereof is only required to offer to repay such Indebtedness) (and permanently reduce amounts outstanding under such Pari Passu Indebtedness) at a repayment (or repurchase) price not to exceed 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the repayment (or repurchase) date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent the Company intends to consummate a Permitted Existing Secured Notes Repayment, and to the extent that such Permitted Existing Secured Notes Repayment is expected to be consummated as an asset sale offer under the Second Priority Notes Indenture and/or Third Priority Notes Indenture, as the case may be, the obligation of the Company to make an Asset Sale Offer hereunder may be deferred until such date as the Company shall have completed (or is required to complete) such asset sale offer under the Second Priority Notes Indenture and/or Third Priority Notes Indenture, as applicable, in accordance with the terms thereof as in effect on the Issue Date.
(d) Each application of purchaseExcess Proceeds pursuant to (y) clause (1) of Section 4.12(c) shall be made on a pro rata basis among the Notes and any such other Pari Passu First Priority Indebtedness in proportion to the respective amounts outstanding under each such item of Indebtedness and (z) clause (2) of Section 4.12(c) shall be made on a pro rata basis among the Notes and any such other Pari Passu Indebtedness in proportion to the respective amounts outstanding under each such item of Indebtedness. To the extent that any Excess Proceeds remain after compliance with clause (c) above, Parent or any Restricted Subsidiary may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not prohibited under this Indenture; provided, however, that to the Net extent that all or any portion of any remaining Excess Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash is comprised of proceeds of Asset Sales of Collateral, such Excess Proceeds equal shall remain subject to or in excess the Liens of $20.0 millionthe Security Documents. Upon completion of an Asset Sale Offer, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, Excess Proceeds shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraphreset at zero.
(ce) In All Net Proceeds and Excess Proceeds from Asset Sales (whether or not involving Collateral) may, pending their application in accordance with this Section 4.12, be used to temporarily reduce revolving credit borrowings under (i) the event New Credit Facility in the case of Asset Sales involving Collateral, or (ii) any Credit Facility in the case of Asset Sales not involving Collateral, or in either case, be invested in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture. Upon consummation of any other Indebtedness Asset Sale of assets constituting Collateral permitted under the terms of this Indenture, the assets so Transferred in such Asset Sale will be released from the Liens in favor of the Company that ranks pari passu with Notes created by the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee Security Documents.
(“Other Debt”f) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of Within 30 days following an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Sale Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsTrigger Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof send, or at the same time as Company’s written request the analogous Trustee shall send, by first-class mail, postage prepaid, a notice to each Holder of Notes at its last registered address, which notice shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer. The notice shall offer to repurchase Notes on the purchase date specified in such notice (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as required by law) (the “Asset Sale Offer Payment Date”) pursuant to the procedures required by this Indenture and described in such notice. The notice to the Holders shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. Such notice shall state:
(1) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.134.12 and that all Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn will be accepted for payment; provided, “Security Portion however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds available in connection with the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and Asset Sale Offer, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis;
(2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal Asset Sale Offer Payment Date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as required by law);
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the product Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, to the applicable Paying Agent and Registrar for the Note at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date;
(x6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) applicable Paying Agent receives, not later than the third Business Day prior to the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, a fraction telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the numerator name of which is the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing its election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided, however, that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of €1,000 or integral multiples thereof.
(g) On the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date, the Company shall, to the extent lawful:
(1) accept for payment all Securities Notes or portions thereof (in integral multiples of €1,000) validly tendered and not validly withdrawn pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of Asset Sale Offer; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal face amount of Notes validly tendered and not validly withdrawn exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds available in connection with the Asset Sale Offer, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis;
(2) deposit with the Paying Agent an amount in Euros equal to the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) in respect of all Notes or accreted value as portions thereof to be purchased; and
(3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee all Notes so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the aggregate principal amount of Notes (or portions thereof), in each case being purchased by the Company. Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the relevant monies specified in clause (2) above and the Officers’ Certificate specified in clause (3) above, such Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes so purchased the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) for such Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail (or cause to be transferred by book entry) to each Holder of Notes a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes purchased, if any; provided that each such new Note will be in a principal amount of €1,000 or an integral multiple thereof. The Company will publicly announce the results of the Asset Sale Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Asset Sale Offer Payment Date.
(h) Upon the payment of the offer price (including the amount of accrued interest) for any Notes purchased in the Asset Sale Offer, the Trustee shall, subject to the provisions of Section 2.17, return such Notes to the Company for cancellation. Any monies remaining after the purchase date of all Other Debt tendered Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer an Asset Sale Offer shall be returned within three Business Days to purchase such Other Debt made at the time Company by the Paying Agent. The Trustee may act as the Paying Agent for purposes of such Net Proceeds any Asset Sale Offer.
(i) The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with provisions of this covenant, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this paragraph by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Crown Holdings Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the 238 -58- assets sold or otherwise disposed ofof (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors);
(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at (provided that the time amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Company's or such dispositionSubsidiary's most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any such Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed to be cash for the purposes of this provision); and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 180 days of receipt thereof either:
(1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness in accordance with the terms of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor Credit Agreement and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facilitythe Revolving Credit Facility (as defined in the Credit Agreement), effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;Revolving Credit Facility,
(2B) to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement, to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses the same, similar or reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “"Replacement Assets”"); and/or, or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . Subject to the extent that all last sentence of this paragraph, on the 181st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clause (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) or (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase, but installments of interest, the maturity of which is on or prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date, shall be payable to Holders of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates referred to in Section 2.12; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 1,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million1,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this the preceding paragraph.
(c) ). In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires and its Subsidiaries as an offer entirety to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Salea Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required successor entity shall be deemed to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase have sold such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceedsportion, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect if any, of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds properties and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.assets 240 -60-
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
PROVIDED that the provisions of this clause (ii) shall not apply to an Asset Sale to the extent comprised of real property; and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of under the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor New Bank Credit Facility and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facilityRevolving Credit Facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
Revolving Credit Facility, (2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will shall be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 361st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal PRO RATA basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million5,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In ). Notwithstanding the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Saleimmediately preceding paragraph, the Company may apply and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraph to the Unutilized extent (i) at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; PROVIDED that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds otherwise subject to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs. Each Net Proceeds Offer shall be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Notes in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Notes of tendering Holders shall be purchased on a PRO RATA basis (based on amounts tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 business days or such longer period as may be required by law. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to be applied the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as Offer. To the amount extent that the provisions of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceedssecurities laws or regulations conflict with this covenant, the Company shall make comply with the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debthave breached its obligations under this covenant by virtue thereof.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors); and (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon . Within 365 days of the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
: (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets or Persons that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("REPLACEMENT ASSETS"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1A) and (iii)(2B).
(b) To . Pending the extent final application of any such Net Cash Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce Senior Debt or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner that all is not prohibited by this Indenture. On the 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(aclauses (A), (B) and (C) of the second sentence of this paragraph (each, a "NET PROCEEDS OFFER TRIGGER DATE"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, Proceeds which have not been applied on the 366th day (the “or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”Date as permitted in clauses (A), (B) and (C) of the second sentence of this paragraph (each, a "NET PROCEEDS OFFER AMOUNT") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (the "NET PROCEEDS OFFER") on a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to date (the Trustee, "NET PROCEEDS OFFER PAYMENT DATE") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase; provided. If at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, howeveras the case may be, that in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.16. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 10.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 10.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph).
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.
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Samples: Indenture (Nationsrent Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Corporation will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Corporation or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets or other property sold or otherwise disposed of;
of in the Asset Sale and (ii) at least 75% of such consideration consists of either cash or Cash Equivalents, provided, however, that, at the option of the Corporation, clause (ii) shall not be applicable to Asset Sales (or portions of Asset Sales) to the extent the Corporation shall apply cash and Cash Equivalents available from other sources to make any required Asset Sale Offer as if 75% of such consideration had consisted of cash and Cash Equivalents. For the purposes of this covenant, the following will be deemed to be cash: (x) the assumption by the transferee of Indebtedness of the Corporation or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation and the release of the Corporation or such Restricted Subsidiary from all liability on such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Sale (in which case the Corporation shall, without further action, be deemed to have applied such assumed Indebtedness in accordance with clause (A) of the preceding paragraph) and (y) securities received by Parent the Corporation or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Corporation from the transferee that are promptly (and in any event within 120 days) converted by the Corporation or such Restricted SubsidiarySubsidiary into cash.
(b) Within 365 days after any Asset Sale, as the case Corporation may be, elect to apply the Net Available Cash from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash to (i) permanently reduce or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay redeem any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Corporation or a Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
and/or (2ii) to make an investment in (x) Investment in, or acquire assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets and properties that will be used in the business of Parent the Corporation and its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiaries, and (iii) any balance of such Net Available Cash exceeding $10 million and not applied or invested as existing on the Issue Date or provided in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1clauses(i) and (iii)(2).
(bii) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Sale, will be deemed to constitute "Excess Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), " and shall be applied to make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy Securities to the Trusteeholders of the Securities. Pending the final application of any such Net Available Cash, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the Corporation may temporarily invest such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Available Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net or Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraphEquivalents.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset SaleSale that requires the purchase of Securities pursuant to clause (b)(iii) above, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise Corporation will be required to be applied purchase Securities tendered pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer to an offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as by the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase Corporation for the Securities is not less than (the Security Portion "Offer") at a purchase price of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect 100% of their principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect accordance with the procedures (including prorating in the event of oversubscription) set forth in Section 4.05(d) below. If the 634606.8 37 aggregate purchase price of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Offer is less than the Net Available Cash allotted to the purchase of the Securities, the Corporation will apply the remaining Net Available Cash to general corporate purposes not prohibited by this Indenture. Upon the consummation of any Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be deemed to be reset to zero.
(1) Promptly, and in any event within 10 days after the Company becomes obligated to make an offer, the Company shall be obligated to deliver to the Trustee and send, by first-class mail to each Holder, a written notice stating that the Holder may elect to have his Securities purchased by the Company either in whole or in part (subject to the prorationing as hereinafter described in the event the Offer related is oversubscribed) in integral multiples of $1,000 of principal amount, at the applicable purchase price. The notice shall specify a purchase date of not less than 30 days nor more than 60 days after the date of such notice (the "Purchase Date") and shall contain such information concerning the business of the Company which the Company in good faith believes will enable such Holders to make an informed decision (which at a minimum will include (1) the most recently filed Annual report on 10-K (including audited consolidated financial statements) of the Company, the most recent subsequently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and any Current Report on Form 8-K of the Company filed subsequent to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Quarterly report, other than Current Reports describing Asset Sale otherwise described in the offering materials (or corresponding successor reports), (ii) a description of material developments in the Company's business subsequent to the date of the latest of such reports, and (iii) if material, appropriate pro forma financial information and all instructions and materials necessary to tender Securities pursuant to the Offer, together with the information contained in clause (3)
(2) Not later than the date upon which the written notice of an Offer is delivered to the Trustee as provided below, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officers' Certificate as to (i) the amount of the Offer (the “"Offer Amount"), (ii) the allocation of the Net Available Cash from the Asset Sale pursuant to which such Offer is being made and (iii) the compliance of such allocation with the provisions of Section 4.05(a). On such date, the Company shall also irrevocably deposit with the Trustee or with a paying agent (or, if the Company is acting as its own paying agent, segregate and hold in trust) in cash or Cash Equivalents maturing on the day prior to the Purchase Date or on the Purchase Date if funds are immediately available by open of business an amount equal to the Offer Amount to be held for payment in accordance with the 634606.8 38 provisions of this Section. Upon the expiration of the period for which the Offer remains open (the "Offer Period"), the Company shall deliver to the Trustee or the Paying Agent for cancellation the Securities or portions thereof which have been properly tendered to and are to be accepted by the Company. The Trustee shall, on the Purchase date, mail or deliver payment to each tendering Holder in the amount of the purchase price. In the event that the aggregate purchase price of the Securities delivered by the Company to the Trustee is less than the Offer Amount, the Trustee shall deliver the excess to the Company immediately after the expiration of the Offer Period for application in accordance with this Section.
(3) Holders electing to have a Security Amount”) and purchased will be required to surrender the denominator Security, with an appropriate form duly completed, to the Company at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days prior to the Purchase Date. Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Trustee or the Company receives not later than one Business day prior to the Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of which is the sum Holder, the principal amount of the Security Amount which was delivered for purchase by the Holder and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchaxxx. Xf at the lesser expiration of the Offer Period the aggregate principal face amount of Securities surrendered by Holders exceeds the Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Securities in denominations of $1,000 or accreted value as integral multiples thereof, shall be purchased). Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be issued new Securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered Securities surrendered.
(4) At the time the Company delivers Securities to the Trustee which are to be accepted for the purchase, the Company will also deliver an Officers' Certificate stating that such Securities are to accepted by the Company pursuant to a concurrent offer and in accordance with the terms of this Section. A Security shall be deemed to have been accepted for purchase such Other Debt made at the time the Trustee, directly or through an agent, mails or delivers payment therefor to the surrendering Holder.
(e) The Corporation will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of such Net Proceeds Offer.Section 14 (e) of the Exchange Act and any other applicable securities laws or regulations in connection with the repurchase of Securities pursuant to this Indenture and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Indenture by virtue thereof. 634606.8 39
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Samples: Indenture (Ampex Corp /De/)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofof (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company);
(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents or Replacement Assets and is received at the time of such dispositiondisposition (provided that the amount of (x) any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor that is actually assumed by the transferee in such Asset Sale and from which the Company and the Guarantors are fully and unconditionally released, (y) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is no longer such as a result of such Asset Sale (to the extent the Company and each other Restricted Subsidiary us released from any guarantee thereof) and (z) securities received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from the transferee that are promptly converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash shall each be deemed to be cash for purposes of clause (i) above); and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
(1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2B) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “acquire Replacement Assets”); and/oror
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii) (B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 361st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds that have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsNote Pro Rata Share, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof Securities, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon (including additional interest, if any) thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration) or Cash Equivalents, then such conversion or disposition will be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof will be applied in accordance with this Section 4.6. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 10 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales or deemed Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 10 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) ). In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu equally to in right of payment with the Securities requires that such Indebtedness be repaid or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt repurchased upon the consummation of an any Asset SaleSale (the "Other Indebtedness"), the Company may apply use the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount otherwise required to be applied used to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase repay or repurchase such Other Debt Indebtedness and to make a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount available to be applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsNote Pro Rata Share. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase repayment or repurchase is made pursuant to under any Other Debt Indebtedness and the date of purchase date in respect of the Securities thereof shall be the same under this Indenture as the repayment or purchase date in of any Other Indebtedness. With respect to any Net Proceeds Offer effected pursuant to this covenant, to the extent that the principal amount of the Securities tendered pursuant to such Net Proceeds Offer exceeds the Note Pro Rata Share to be applied to the purchase thereof, such Securities will be purchased PRO RATA based on the principal amount of such Other Debt.
Securities tendered by each holder. In the event of the transfer of substantially all (dbut not all) For of the property and assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.1, which transaction does not constitute a Change of Control, the successor corporation will be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion 4.6 and shall comply with the provisions of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) this Section 4.6 with respect to such deemed sale as if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedit were an Asset Sale. In addition, the amount fair market value of such properties and assets of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, Company or the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.Restricted Subsidiaries
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Borrower or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as evidenced by a resolution of the Board of Directors set forth in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Agent) of the assets or other property sold or otherwise disposed of;
of in the Asset Sale, and (ii) at least 75% of the such consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents Equivalents; provided that for purposes of this covenant “cash” shall include the amount of any liabilities (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Obligations or any Subsidiary Guarantee) of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (as shown on the Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets or other property in such Asset Sale (and is received at the time excluding any liabilities that are incurred in connection with or in anticipation of such dispositionAsset Sale), but only to the extent that such assumption is effected on a basis under which there is no further recourse to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such liabilities; and
provided, further, that the Borrower and such Restricted Subsidiary shall be permitted to make an Asset Sale without complying with clause (iiiii) upon above to the extent the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Additional Assets and the Liens on and security interests in the Additional Assets in each instance granted or to be granted in favor of the Collateral Agent under the Collateral Documents shall be maintained or created in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.01(l). In the event of any Asset Sale, the Borrower shall comply with Section 2.07(d). Upon the consummation of an any Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to applySale permitted by this Section 5.02(d), the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay Collateral Agent shall, upon the Borrower’s request and at the Borrower’s expense, release any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness Liens in favor of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary Collateral Agent on property that is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2)Sale.
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Stage I Issuer will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly consummate an Asset Sale of any Notes Collateral, unless:
(1) other than in the case of an Event of Loss, the Stage I Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
(2) other than in the case of an Event of Loss, at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by the Stage I Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is in the form of cash, Eligible Cash Equivalents or Additional Assets;
(3) to the extent that any consideration received by the Stage I Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary in such Asset Sale constitute securities or other assets that constitute Collateral, such securities or other assets, including the assets of any Person that becomes a Guarantor as a result of such transaction, are following their acquisition added to the Collateral securing the Stage I Notes in accordance with the requirements of the Security Documents and the Existing Intercreditor Agreement; and
(4) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of, or would occur after giving effect, on a pro forma basis, to, such Asset Sale. Within 365 days after the Stage I Issuer’s or a Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale covered by this clause (a), the Stage I Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply the Net Cash Proceeds from such Asset Sale:
(i) Parent to make one or more offers to the Holders of the Stage I Notes and holders of the Existing Notes (and, at the option of the Stage I Issuer, the holders of Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations) to purchase Stage I Notes and Existing Notes (and such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations) pursuant to and subject to the conditions contained in this Indenture (each, an “Asset Sale Offer”); provided, however, that in connection with any prepayment, repayment or purchase of Debt pursuant to this clause (i), the Stage I Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary shall permanently retire such Debt and shall cause the related loan commitment (if any) to be permanently reduced in an amount equal to the principal amount so prepaid, repaid or purchased; provided, further, that if the Stage I Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary shall so reduce any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations, the Stage I Issuer will equally and ratably reduce Debt under the Stage I Notes by making an offer to all Holders of Stage I Notes to purchase at a purchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest, the pro rata principal amount of the Stage I Notes, such offer to be conducted in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer but without any further limitation in amount; or
(ii) to an Investment in (a) any one or more businesses; provided that such Investment in any business is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Interests and results in the Stage I Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, owning an amount of the Capital Interests of such business such that it constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary, (b) properties, (c) capital expenditures or (d) other assets that, in each of (a), (b), (c) and (d), replace the businesses, properties and assets that are the subject of such Asset Sale or are used or useful in a Permitted Business (clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d) together, the “Additional Assets”); provided that to the extent that the assets that were subject to the Asset Sale constituted Notes Collateral, such Additional Assets shall also constitute Notes Collateral; provided, further, that the Stage I Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, promptly takes such action (if any) as may be required to cause that portion of such Investment constituting Notes Collateral to be added to the Notes Collateral securing the Stage I Notes; provided that in the case of clause (ii) above, a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted application of the Net Cash Proceeds from the date of such commitment so long as the Stage I Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Cash Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 180 days of such commitment; provided, further, that if such commitment is later terminated or cancelled prior to the application of such Net Cash Proceeds, then such Net Cash Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds. Any Net Cash Proceeds from the Asset Sales covered by this clause (a) that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the preceding paragraph will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds.” Within 15 business days after the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $10,000,000, the Stage I Issuer shall make an Asset Sale Offer to all Holders of the Stage I Notes, to all Holders of Existing Notes under the Existing Indenture and, if required by the terms of any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations, to the holders of such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations, to purchase the maximum principal amount of Stage I Notes, Existing Notes and such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations that is $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest to the date fixed for the closing of such offer, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Stage I Notes, Existing Notes and such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Stage I Issuer may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Stage I Notes, Existing Notes or the applicable Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Stage I Issuer shall select the Stage I Notes, the Existing Notes and such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations to be purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Stage I Notes, Existing Notes or such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations tendered. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero. After the Stage I Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary has applied the Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale of any Notes Collateral as provided in, and within the time periods required by, this clause (a), the balance of such Net Cash Proceeds, if any, from such Asset Sale of Notes Collateral shall be released by the Stage I Collateral Agent to the Stage I Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary for use by the Stage I Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary for any purpose not prohibited by the terms of this Indenture.
(b) The Stage I Issuer will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly consummate an Asset Sale of any assets that do not constitute Notes Collateral, unless:
(1) other than in the case of an Event of Loss, the Stage I Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Stage I Issuer) of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
(ii2) other than in the case of an Event of Loss, at least 75% of the consideration therefor received by Parent the Stage I Issuer or the such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of cash or cash, Eligible Cash Equivalents or Additional Assets;
(3) to the extent that any consideration received by the Stage I Issuer and is received at the time Restricted Subsidiaries in such Asset Sale constitutes securities or other assets that constitute Collateral, such securities or other assets, including the assets of any Person that becomes a Guarantor as a result of such dispositiontransaction, are following their acquisition added to the Collateral securing the Stage I Notes in accordance with the requirements of the Security Documents; and
(iii4) upon no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the consummation of an time of, or would occur after giving effect, on a pro forma basis, to, such Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, . Within 365 days after the Stage I Issuer’s or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, Subsidiary’s receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds relating to from any such Asset Sale within 365 days covered by this clause (b), the Stage I Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary may at its option do any one or more of receipt thereof eitherthe following:
(1i) to prepay reduce any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt under the ABL Credit Agreement or any Indebtedness Debt of the Restricted Stage I Issuer or a Guarantor that in each case is secured by a Lien on the ABL Collateral that is prior to the Lien on the ABL Collateral in favor of Holders of Stage I Notes, in each case other than Debt owed to the Stage I Issuer or a Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor andStage I Issuer (but without, in the case of any such Indebtedness reduction of revolving obligations under any an asset based revolving credit facilityagreement, effect a the requirement for any permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facilityamount of commitments in respect thereof);
(2ii) make an Investment in Additional Assets; provided, further, that the Stage I Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, promptly takes such action (if any) as may be required to cause that portion of such Investment constituting Collateral to be added to the Collateral securing the Stage I Notes; or
(iii) to make an investment in (x) assets the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are not from Asset Sales of Collateral, permanently reduce Debt of a Restricted Subsidiary that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale is not a Guarantor, other than Debt owed to a Stage I Issuer, a Guarantor or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its a Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (Subsidiary; provided that in the case of this clause (yii) such investment is above, a binding commitment shall be treated as a permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part application of the Net Cash Proceeds from the date of any Asset Sale are not such commitment so long as the Stage I Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary enters into such commitment with the good faith expectation that such Net Cash Proceeds will be applied to satisfy such commitment within 365 180 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (commitment; provided, further, that if such commitment is later terminated or cancelled prior to the application of such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized then such Net Cash Proceeds shall constitute Excess Proceeds. Any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale of any assets that do not constitute Notes Collateral that are not invested or applied as provided and within the time period set forth in the preceding paragraph will be deemed to constitute “Excess ABL Proceeds”). Within 15 business days after the aggregate amount of Excess ABL Proceeds exceeds $10,000,000, the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), Stage I Issuer shall make an offer to purchase all Holders of the Stage I Notes, holders of the Existing Notes, and, if required by the terms of any Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations, to the holders of such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations (a an “Net Proceeds ABL Asset Sale Offer”), with a copy to purchase the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a of Stage I Notes, Existing Notes and such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations that is $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000) 1,000 in excess thereof that may be purchased out of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Excess ABL Proceeds at a purchase an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date fixed for the closing of purchase; providedsuch offer, however, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. To the extent that the Net aggregate amount of Stage I Notes, Existing Notes and such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations tendered pursuant to an ABL Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess ABL Proceeds, the Stage I Issuer may use any remaining Excess ABL Proceeds Offer may for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Stage I Notes, Existing Notes or the Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations surrendered by such holders thereof exceeds the amount of Excess ABL Proceeds, the Stage I Issuer shall select the Stage I Notes, Existing Notes and such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations to be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized purchased on a pro rata basis based on the accreted value or principal amount of the Stage I Notes, Existing Notes or such Permitted Additional Pari Passu Obligations tendered. Upon completion of any such ABL Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess ABL Proceeds shall be reset at zero. Pending the final application of any Net Cash Proceeds equal pursuant to clauses (a) and (b) of this Section 4.10, the Stage I Issuer or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of applicable Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and Proceeds temporarily to reduce Debt outstanding under a revolving credit facility or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to prohibited by this paragraphIndenture.
(c) For the purposes of this Section 4.10, any sale by the Stage I Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Capital Interests of the Stage I Issuer or a Restricted Subsidiary that owns assets constituting Notes Collateral or ABL Collateral shall be deemed to be a sale of such Notes Collateral or ABL Collateral (or, in the event of a Restricted Subsidiary that owns assets that include any combination of Notes Collateral and ABL Collateral, a separate sale of each of such Notes Collateral and ABL Collateral). In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor such sale (or a sale of assets that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation includes any combination of an Asset SaleNotes Collateral and ABL Collateral), the Company may apply proceeds received by the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt Stage I Issuer and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of such Other Debtsale shall be allocated to the Notes Collateral and ABL Collateral in accordance with their respective fair market values, which shall be determined by the Board of Directors of the Stage I Issuer or, at the Stage I Issuer’s election, an independent third party. In addition, for purposes of this Section 4.10, any sale by the Stage I Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Capital Interests of any Person that owns only ABL Collateral will not be subject to clause (a) above, but rather will be subject to clause (b) above.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.134.10, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net the following are deemed to be cash or Eligible Cash Proceeds” means Equivalents:
(1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedany liabilities (as shown on the Stage I Issuer’s, or such Restricted Subsidiary’s, most recent balance sheet or in the amount notes thereto) of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Stage I Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and for which the Stage I Issuer and all Restricted Subsidiaries have been validly released by all creditors in writing; and
(2) if Other Debt is being offered any securities received by the Stage I Issuer, a Guarantor or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Stage I Issuer or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to be purchasedthe extent of the cash received) within 180 days following the closing of such Asset Sale. The Stage I Issuer will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other applicable securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable in connection with each repurchase of Stage I Notes pursuant to an Offer to Purchase. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the Asset Sale provisions of this Indenture, the amount Stage I Issuer will comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the Asset Sale provisions of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time this Indenture by virtue of such Net Proceeds Offercompliance.
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Samples: First Supplemental Indenture (Jack Cooper Logistics, LLC)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofof (as determined in good faith by the Company’s Board of Directors);
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Replacement Assets (as defined below) (or a combination thereof) and is received at the time of such disposition; provided that
(A) the amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any Guarantee of a Guarantor) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets; and
(iiiB) the fair market value of any securities or other assets received by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in exchange for any such assets that are converted into cash within 180 days after such Asset Sale; shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision; and
(3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1a) to prepay repay (i) any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Obligations under any revolving credit facility, Credit Facility and effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facilityCredit Facility and (ii) in the case of an Asset Sale by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor, Obligations of such Restricted Subsidiary;
(2b) to make an investment invest or commit to invest in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets (including Capital Stock) that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”);
(c) to acquire or commit to acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, or a majority of the voting Capital Stock of a Permitted Business; and/or
(3d) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(13)(a) through (3)(c); provided that in the case of a commitment under clauses (b) and (iii)(2).
(bc) To above made prior to the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days expiration of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (365-day period, such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to investment or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, acquisition shall be applied as required pursuant deemed to comply with this paragraphcovenant if consummated within six months after such commitment.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.
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Samples: Indenture (Mobile Mini Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 7585% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company either (A) shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 180 days of receipt thereof either:
such Asset Sale either (1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or repay any Indebtedness of secured by the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the involved in such Asset Sale if together with a concomitant permanent reduction in the amount of such Restricted Subsidiary is not Indebtedness (including a Guarantor and, permanent reduction in the committed amounts therefor in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facilityfacility so repaid), effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “"Replacement Assets”"); and/or
, or (3) a combination of prepayment repayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A)(1) and (iii)(2).
iii)(A)(2) or (bB) To the extent that all shall (1) within 150 days of such Asset Sale enter into a definitive written agreement committing it, subject to no material conditions other than conditions customary in such agreements, to make an investment in Replacement Assets within 270 days of such Asset Sale and (2) apply, or part of cause such Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds of any relating to such Asset Sale are not applied within 365 270 days of such Asset Sale to an investment in Replacement Assets. On (i) the 181st day after an Asset Sale, or (ii) such earlier date as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Subsidiary determines to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A)(1), (iii)(A)(2) and (iii)(A)(3) of the Company shallimmediately preceding sentence, or (iii) if a definitive written agreement relating to an investment in Replacement Assets was entered into within 150 days of such Asset Sale, on the 366th 271st day after such Asset Sale or such earlier date on which such definitive written agreement is for any reason terminated (the “each, a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which has not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A) or (iii)(B) of the immediately preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”"), with on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal PRO RATA basis that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder, and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.15. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million5,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph). In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the provisions of this covenant with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this covenant.
(cb) In Subject to the event that any other Indebtedness deferral of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date contained in subsection (a) above, each notice of a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.15 shall be mailed or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase caused to be mailed, by first class mail, by the Company within 25 days after the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last registered addresses as of a date within 15 days of the mailing of such notice, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to repurchase this Section 4.15 and that all Notes tendered and not withdrawn, in whole or in part, in integral multiples of $1,000 will be accepted for payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such Other Debt upon offer exceeds the consummation aggregate amount of an Asset Salethe Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may apply shall select the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required Notes to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of any accrued interest) and the purchase date (which shall be 20 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law) (the "Proceeds Purchase Date");
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest on and after the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds offer shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Physical Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than five Business Days prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Other Debt Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Physical Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Physical Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Physical Notes surrendered; PROVIDED that each Physical Note purchased and each new Physical Note issued shall be in principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; On the second Business Day immediately preceding the Proceeds Purchase Date, the Trustee shall notify the Company in writing of the Holders who have so elected to a have their Physical Note purchased pursuant to such Net Proceeds Offer so long (and who have not withdrawn such election, as provided above). On or before the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsPurchase Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the “Security Amount”) and Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Other Debt tendered Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price for such Notes plus accrued interest, if any, to the Proceeds Purchase Date. For purposes of this Section 4.15, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. Any amounts deposited with the Paying Agent and remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Paying Agent to purchase the Company. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder, in each case, to the extent such Other Debt made at laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the time repurchase of such Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.15, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.15 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Discovery Zone Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 7570% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("REPLACEMENT ASSETS"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(aclauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each, a "NET PROCEEDS OFFER TRIGGER DATE"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, Proceeds which have not been applied on the 366th day (the “or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "NET PROCEEDS OFFER Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (the "NET PROCEEDS OFFER") on a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to date (the Trustee, "NET PROCEEDS OFFER PAYMENT DATE") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal PRO RATA basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; providedPROVIDED, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.16. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 10.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 10.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) ). In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.16, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this Section 4.16 with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 4.16. Notwithstanding the two immediately preceding paragraphs, the Company may apply and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the Unutilized extent (i) at least 80% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; PROVIDED that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds otherwise subject to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs. Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as determined on a date shown on the register of Holders within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee. A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 business days or such longer period as may be required by law. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.16 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall select the Notes to be applied purchased on a PRO RATA basis (based on amounts tendered) (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the purchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed, other than as may be required by law) (the "PROCEEDS PURCHASE DATE");
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest if interest is then accruing;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the second Business Day preceding the Proceeds Purchase Date, a Net Proceeds Offer so long as telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Unutilized Net Cash Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes were purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. On or before the Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsPurchase Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, and the Company shall execute and issue, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to such Unutilized Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Net Proceeds Offer on or as soon as practicable after the Proceeds Purchase Date. For purposes of this Section 4.16, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. If the aggregate purchase price of Notes tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Cash Proceeds (allotted to the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum purchase of the Security Amount and Notes, the lesser Company may apply the remaining Net Cash Proceeds for general corporate purposes. The agreements governing certain outstanding Senior Debt of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of Company may require that the relevant purchase date of Company and its Subsidiaries apply all Other proceeds from asset sales to repay in full outstanding obligations under such Senior Debt tendered pursuant prior to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time application of such proceeds to repurchase outstanding Notes. The Company will comply with all applicable securities laws in connection with any Net Proceeds Offer, including Rule l4e-1 under the Exchange Act. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.16 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Neff Corp)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (ia) Parent the Company or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (iias determined in good faith by the Company) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time (b) upon consummation of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, the Company will within 365 days of the receipt of the proceeds therefrom: (i) apply or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to of such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
to (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor andRelated Business Investment, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were are the subject of such Asset Sale or (C) an investment in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its the Restricted 74 -66- Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or thereto; (yii) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause a sale of a store or stores, deem such Net Cash Proceeds to have been applied to the extent of any capital expenditures made to acquire or construct a replacement store in the general vicinity of the store sold within 365 days preceding the date of such Asset Sale; (yiii) apply such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 Net Cash Proceeds (collectivelyor cause such Net Cash Proceeds to be applied) to the permanent repayment of Pari Passu Indebtedness, “Replacement Assets”)any Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary or any Senior Indebtedness; and/or
provided, however, that the repayment of any revolving loan (3under the Credit Agreement or otherwise) shall result in a combination permanent reduction in the commitment thereunder; (iv) use such Net Cash Proceeds to secure Letter of prepayment and investment permitted by Credit Obligations to the extent the related letters of credit have not been drawn upon or returned undrawn; or (v) after such time as the accumulated Net Cash Proceeds not applied pursuant to the foregoing clauses (iii)(1i) and through (iii)(2).
(biv) To the extent that all equals or part of the exceeds $15.0 million, apply such Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (or cause such Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds to be applied) to the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), purchase of Securities tendered to the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to for purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, thereof plus accrued interest thereon and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchasepurchase pursuant to an offer to purchase made by the Company as set forth below (a "Net Proceeds Offer"); provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer Company shall have the right to exclude from the foregoing provisions Asset Sales subsequent to the Issue Date, the proceeds of which are derived from the sale and substantially concurrent lease-back of a supermarket and/or related assets or equipment which are acquired or constructed by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary subsequent to the date that is six months prior to the Issue Date, provided that such sale and substantially concurrent lease-back occurs within 365 days following such acquisition or the completion of such construction, as the case may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized be. Pending the utilization of any Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which the manner (and within the time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(cperiod) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Saledescribed above, the Company may apply the Unutilized use any such Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to repay revolving loans (under the Credit Agreement or otherwise) without a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect permanent reduction of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debtcommitment thereunder.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) with respect to Asset Sales by the Company or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company, at least 7580% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted such Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
disposition and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted any Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor andCompany, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties or assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets") or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of ------------------ prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(aclauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each, a "Net --- Proceeds Offer Trigger Date"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, Proceeds which --------------------------- have not been applied on the 366th day (the “or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company ------------------------- or such Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on ------------------ a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 -------------------------------- 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that . The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 5.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
). Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company and its Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraph to the extent (ci) In at least 80% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and the remainder in cash or Cash Equivalents and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided that any -------- consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the second immediately preceding paragraph, in the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee Notes (“the "Other Debt”") requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase ---------- such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount applied to purchase the Securities Notes is not less than the Security Note Portion of Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date in respect of the Securities thereof shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such thereof pursuant to any Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount ------ of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal aggregate amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount (the “Security "Note Amount”") and the denominator of which ----------- is the sum of the Security Note Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered and purchased pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer. Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. For so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of exchange so require, the Company will cause a copy of such notice to be published in a daily newspaper with general circulation in Luxembourg (which is expected to be the Luxemburger Wort) and the Luxembourg Stock Exchange will be advised of the Net Proceeds Offer. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Notes in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Notes of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 business days or such longer period as may be required by law.
(b) Each notice of a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.16 shall be mailed or caused to be mailed, by first class mail, by the Company not more than 25 days after the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last registered addresses as of a date within 15 days of the mailing of such notice, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.16 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; provided, -------- however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered in a Net ------- Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such offer exceeds the Note Portion of Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date; provided that the Net Proceeds -------- Offer Payment Date for the Notes shall be a date subsequent to any payment dates for the purchase or other repayment of Senior Debt having similar provisions;
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than five Business Days prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note -------- issued shall be in an original principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof. On or before the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer which are to be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.16, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. Any amounts remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to the Company. The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.16 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Management Solutins Inc/)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and ------------------------- will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of and (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received for the assets sold by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from in such Asset Sale shall be in the form of (A) cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at or (B) (1) long-term assets (including intellectual property associated with the time use of such dispositionlong-term assets) to be used by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Permitted Business or (2) Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary or a Person engaged primarily in a Permitted Business that will become, upon such purchase, a Restricted Subsidiary (collectively, "Replacement Assets"); and
(iii) upon provided, that any securities, notes or other obligations received by the consummation Company or a Restricted Subsidiary from such transfers that are converted within 90 days of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, receipt thereof by the Company or cause such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to applythe extent so received), shall be deemed to be cash or Cash Equivalents for purposes of this provision. The amount of any Indebtedness of the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary (other than Subordinated Indebtedness) that is actually assumed by the transferee in such Asset Sale and from which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is fully and unconditionally released shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of determining the percentage of cash consideration received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary. The Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, may apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating of any such Asset Sale within 270 days of such Asset Sale to (x) repay any Senior Indebtedness and permanently reduce the commitments, if any, with respect thereto, (y) to purchase from a Person other than the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries Replacement Assets or (z) any combination of (x) and (y); provided, however, that if the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary makes an investment in Replacement Assets not earlier than 90 days prior to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt the execution by the Company or any Indebtedness of the a Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were of a binding commitment to consummate such Asset Sale, which commitment is not subject to any conditions precedent other than obtaining necessary financing and the subject closing in respect of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in binding commitment occurs within 90 days of the business date such commitment is executed), then such investment shall satisfy, to the extent of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock amount of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in investment, the case requirements of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) above. To the extent that all or part a portion of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 270 days of such Asset Sale as set forth described in Section 4.13(a) clause (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”x), (y) or (z) of the Company shall, on the 366th day immediately preceding paragraph (the “"Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), the Company will make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 20 business days following the date on which such offer is made (or such longer period as may be required by law) nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”, from all Holders on a pro rata basis (and on a pro rata basis with the holders of any other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness with similar provisions requiring the Company to offer to purchase such Senior Subordinated Indebtedness with the proceeds of Asset Sales), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum that principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes and such other Indebtedness equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized such unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds at a purchase price price, in cash the case of the Notes, equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, to the date of purchase (subject to the right of Holders of record on a record date to receive interest due on an interest payment date that is on or prior to such date of purchase; provided). Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, that the Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized amount of unapplied Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 5.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
). Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth herein. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer. Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders of Notes and holders of other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness, if any, which are or is the subject of a Net Proceeds Offer properly tender Notes or such other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness in an aggregate amount exceeding the amount of unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, Notes of tendering Holders and such other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness of tendering holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (c) In based on amounts tendered). The Company will comply with the event that requirements of Rule 14e-l under the Exchange Act and any other Indebtedness of securities laws and regulations thereunder to the Company that ranks pari passu extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the Securities or any other Indebtedness purchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu securities laws or regulations conflict with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Salethis Section 3.11, the Company may apply ------------ shall comply with the Unutilized applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 3.11 by virtue ------------ thereof. Upon completion of a Net Proceeds Offer, the amount of Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required will be reset at zero. Accordingly, to be applied the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and other Senior Subordinated Indebtedness tendered pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion aggregate amount of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized unapplied Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make may use any remaining Net Cash Proceeds for general corporate purposes. In the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect event of the Securities transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 4.1, the Surviving ----------- Entity shall be deemed to have sold the same as properties and assets of the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.13covenant, “Security Portion and shall comply with the provisions of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) this covenant with respect to such deemed sale as if no Other Debt is being offered it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the Fair Market Value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this covenant. If at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerthereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant.
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Samples: Indenture (BGF Industries Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors) and (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents Equivalents; provided that the amount of (x) any liabilities (as shown on the Company's or such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than contingent liabilities and is liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or any guarantee thereof) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and (y) any securities, notes or other obligations received at by the time Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted within 180 days by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of such disposition; and
(iiithe cash received) upon shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this provision. Upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 270 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1A) and (iii)(2B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 271st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) the preceding sentence (such Net Cash Proceedseach, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds that is an integral multiple of $1,000 which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in the preceding sentence (each, a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities the Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this 40 -33- covenant. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 10.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 10.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph). In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the provisions of this covenant with respect to deemed net cash proceeds from such deemed sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this covenant. Notwithstanding the two immediately preceding paragraphs, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the extent (i) at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs. Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall comply with the procedures set forth herein. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Notes in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Notes of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered). A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law.
(cb) In Subject to the event that any other Indebtedness deferral of the Company that ranks pari passu with Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date contained in the Securities first paragraph of subsection (a) above, each notice of a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.05 shall be mailed or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase caused to be mailed, by first class mail, by the Company not more than 25 days after the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last registered addresses as of a date within 15 days of the mailing of such notice, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to repurchase such Other Debt upon Section 4.05 and that all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that if the consummation aggregate principal amount of an Asset SaleNotes tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may apply shall select the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required Notes to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis based on the amounts tendered (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the purchase date (which shall be at least 20 and not more than 30 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law) (the "Proceeds Purchase Date");
(4) that, unless the Issuers default in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof Paying Agent at the same time as address specified in the analogous offer notice prior to purchase is made pursuant the close of business on the third Business Day prior to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect Proceeds Purchase Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than five Business Days prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13Holder, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; On or before 10:00 a.m. New York Time, on the Proceeds Purchase Date, the Issuers shall (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof validly tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the “Security Amount”) and Paying Agent United States Legal Tender sufficient to pay the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Other Debt tendered Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Issuers. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. Any amounts remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to purchase the Company. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such Other Debt made at laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the time repurchase of such Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.05, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.05 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (GPPW Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unlessunless the following conditions are met:
(i) Parent The Asset Sale is for Fair Market Value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors.
(ii) At least 75% of the consideration consists of cash or Cash Equivalents. (For purposes of this clause (ii), the applicable assumption by the purchasers of Debt or other obligations (other than Subordinated Debt) of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to a customary novation agreement, and instruments or securities received from the purchasers that are promptly, but in any event within 90 days of the closing, converted by the Company to cash, to the extent of the cash actually so received, shall be considered cash received at closing.)
(iii) Within 360 days after the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds may be used (each, a “Permitted Reinvestment”):
(A) to permanently repay Debt other than Subordinated Debt of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (and in the case of a revolving credit, permanently reduce the commitment thereunder by such amount), in each case owing to a Person other than the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(B) to acquire or invest in (or within such 360-day period in this clause (iii) the Company’s Board of Directors shall have made a good faith determination to acquire or invest, as which acquisition or investment shall be consummated prior to the case may be, receives consideration at the time second anniversary of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Sale) (i) all or substantially all of the assets sold of a Permitted Business, (ii) a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person that thereupon becomes a Restricted Subsidiary engaged in a Permitted Business, or to make capital expenditures or otherwise disposed of;acquire long-term assets that are to be used in a Permitted Business or (iii) a Permitted Business Investment; or
(iiC) to acquire Productive Assets for the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that pending the final application of any such Net Cash Proceeds in accordance with this clause (iii), the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Debt or otherwise invest such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture.
(iv) Notwithstanding clauses (i) to (iii) above, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such clauses to the extent:
(A) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from for such Asset Sale constitutes Productive Assets, cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Marketable Securities; and
(B) the Asset Sale is for Fair Market Value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors; provided that any consideration not constituting Productive Assets received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this clause shall be applied (in the form case of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents and is received Marketable Securities within 360 days after the receipt thereof) in accordance with Section 4.13(iii) above.
(v) The Net Cash Proceeds of an Asset Sale not applied pursuant to Section 4.13(iii) within 360 days of the Asset Sale constitute “Excess Proceeds.” Excess Proceeds of less than U.S.$50.0 million (or the equivalent thereof at the time of determination) will be carried forward and accumulated. When accumulated Excess Proceeds equals or exceeds such disposition; andamount, the Company must, within 30 days, make an Offer to Purchase Notes having a principal amount equal to:
(iiiA) upon accumulated Excess Proceeds, multiplied by
(B) a fraction (x) the consummation numerator of an which is equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and (y) the denominator of which is equal to the outstanding principal amount of the Notes and all pari passu Debt similarly required to be repaid, redeemed or tendered for in connection with the Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary rounded down to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of nearest U.S.$1,000. The purchase price for the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that Notes will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that . If the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are to Purchase is for less than all of the outstanding Notes and Notes in an aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the principal amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required the purchase amount are tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Saleoffer, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required will purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount equal to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date amount on a pro rata basis, with adjustments so that only Notes in respect multiples of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to U.S.$1,000 principal amount will be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedprovided that after a purchase from a Holder in part, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the such Holder shall hold U.S.$200,000 in principal amount of Notes or a multiple of U.S.$1,000 in excess thereof. The Company herein agrees to obtain all Securities tendered pursuant necessary consents and approvals from the Central Bank of Brazil (Banco Central do Brasil) for the remittance of funds outside Brazil prior to the Net Proceeds making any Offer related to Purchase. Any failure to obtain such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) consents and the denominator approvals will constitute an Event of which is the sum Default. Upon completion of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant Offer to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made Purchase, Excess Proceeds will be reset at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerzero.
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Samples: Indenture (Natura &Co Holding S.A.)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;; and
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration therefore received by Parent the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents. However, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with the preceding paragraph if:
(1) the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received receives consideration at the time of such dispositionAsset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets or other property sold, issued or otherwise disposed of; and
(iii2) upon at least 75% of the consummation consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes cash or Replacement Assets; provided that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets, received by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the next paragraph.
(b) Within 360 days of the receipt of any Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause the Company may apply such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof eitherProceeds, at its option:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the Senior Credit Facility and permanently reduce the availability under such revolving credit facilitythereunder;
(2) to repay any Senior Indebtedness and permanently reduce the availability thereunder;
(3) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/oror
(4) to effect a combination of the transactions set forth in clauses (1) through (3) a combination above. When the aggregate amount of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any from Asset Sale Sales which are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale or invested as set forth provided in Section 4.13(a) the preceding paragraph (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Excess Proceeds”)) exceeds $10.0 million, the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), shall make an offer to all Holders to purchase (on a “Net Proceeds Offer”)pro rata basis, with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion amount of Unutilized Net Cash Excess Proceeds, at a purchase . The offer price in cash will be equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon and unpaid interest, if any, to the date of purchasepurchase and will be paid in cash. On the 361st day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines, as the case may be, not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in clauses (1) through (4) of the immediately preceding paragraph, (each, a “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), the Company shall make the offer to purchase (the “Net Proceeds Offer”) on a date (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date. If at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. In the event of the transfer of substantially all, but not all, of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.06 and shall comply with the provisions of this Section 4.06 in connection with such deemed sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this covenant.
(c) Within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, the Company shall send, by first class mail, postage prepaid, a notice to each Holder of Securities, with a copy to the Trustee, which notice shall govern the terms of the Net Proceeds Offer. The notice to the Holders shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer. Such notice shall state:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.06 and that all Securities validly tendered, in whole or in part, and not withdrawn will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that to the extent that Holders validly tender Securities in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Securities of tendering Holders will be repurchased on a pro rata basis;
(2) the repurchase price (including the amount of accrued interest, if any) and the repurchase date (which shall be no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, other than as may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized required by law) and that the Net Cash Proceeds equal Offer will remain open for a period of 20 business days or such longer period as may be required by law;
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to or accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in excess of $20.0 millionmaking payment therefor, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required any Security accepted for payment pursuant to this paragraph.the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(c5) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer Holders electing to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied have a Security purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Security, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as Elect Repurchase” on the amount reverse of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect business on the third Business Day prior to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the same time as Paying Agent receives, not later than five Business Days prior to the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the purchase date in respect name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Securities the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Security purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be issued new Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered; provided, however, that each Security repurchased and each new Security issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; and
(8) the same as circumstances and relevant facts regarding the purchase date in respect of such Other Debtapplicable Asset Sale.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized On or before the Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchasedProceeds Offer Payment Date, the amount Company shall (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof (in integral multiples of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2$1,000) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities validly tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 2.14 cash or Cash Equivalents sufficient to pay the repurchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, of all Securities so tendered and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being repurchased by the Company. Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the monies specified in clause (ii) above and a copy of the Officers’ Certificate specified in clause (iii) above, the Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders so accepted payment in an amount equal to the repurchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, out of the funds deposited with the Paying Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence. The Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum Holders new Securities equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security Amount and Securities surrendered. Upon the lesser payment of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of repurchase price for the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant Securities accepted for repurchase, the Trustee shall return the Securities repurchased to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.Company for
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Samples: Indenture (Carrols Corp)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of after receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness secured by a Lien on such asset to the extent of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject Net Cash Proceeds of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor asset and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility (or effect a permanent reduction in availability under such revolving credit facility;
, regardless of the fact that no prepayment is required), (2B) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto acquire Replacement Assets, or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(13)(A) and (iii)(23)(B).
(b) To . Pending the extent that all or part final application of the Net Cash Proceeds, the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries may invest such Net Cash Proceeds of in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. On the 366th day after an Asset Sale are or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not applied within 365 days of to apply the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”3)(A), (3)(B) and (3)(C) of the Company shallpreceding paragraph (each, on the 366th day (the a “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (3)(A), (3)(B) and (3)(C) of the preceding paragraph (each, a “Net Proceeds Offer Amount”) shall be applied by the Company to make an offer to purchase (a the “Net Proceeds Offer”), with ) on a copy to date (the Trustee, “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum pro rata basis, that principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued interest and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if the Company elects (or is required by the terms of Indebtedness that ranks pari passu with the Securities), such Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized made ratably to purchase the Securities and such pari passu Indebtedness. If at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration) or Cash Equivalents, then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.12. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer until there is an aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 50.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales or deemed Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 50.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) ). The first such date the aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount is equal to or in excess of $50.0 million shall be treated for this purpose as the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date. In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu and the Restricted Subsidiaries after the Issue Date as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.12, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this Section 4.12 with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the Fair Market Value of such properties and assets of the Company may apply or the Unutilized Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required for purposes of this Section 4.12. Notice of each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed or caused to be applied mailed, by first class mail, by the Company within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all record Holders as shown on the register of Holders, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.12 and that the Holders may elect to tender their Securities in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Securities properly tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer exceeds the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, Securities of tendering Holders will be purchased on a pro rata basis (based on amounts tendered);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest, if any) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date (which shall be at least 20 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law);
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Security, with the form entitled “Option of Holder To Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Security completed, to purchase such Other Debt and the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to a the close of business on the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied Holder is withdrawing his election to purchase have such Security purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be issued new Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Securities is not less than surrendered. On or before the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased in accordance with item (1) above, (ii) deposit with the “Security Amount”Paying Agent in accordance with Section 2.14 U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Securities to be purchased and (iii) and deliver to the denominator Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers’ Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of which is Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the sum purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.12, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. To the extent that the aggregate amount of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt notes tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may use such Other Debt made at the time excess Net Proceeds Offer Amount for general corporate purposes or for any other purposes not prohibited by this Indenture. Upon completion of any such Net Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset to zero. The Company will comply with all tender offer rules under state and federal securities laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder, to the extent applicable to such offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the foregoing “Asset Sale” provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the foregoing provisions of this Indenture by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Tenneco Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i) Parent the Company or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale sale or other disposition at least equal to the fair market value thereof (as determined in good faith by the Board of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofDirectors whose determination shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution);
(ii) at least not less than 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received Equivalents; provided, however, that up to $40,000,000 of assets at any one time may be considered to be cash for purposes of this clause (ii) so long as the time provisions of clause (iii) below are complied with as such dispositionnon-cash assets are converted to cash; and
(iii) upon the consummation Asset Sale Proceeds (together with any Event of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, Loss Proceeds required to be applied as provided in Section 4.16) received by the Company or cause such Restricted Subsidiary are applied (a) first, (i) to applythe extent the Company elects, or is required, to prepay or repay debt (other than debt owed to the Net Cash Proceeds relating Company or a Subsidiary of the Company) under the Senior Credit Facility, any other secured Indebtedness, Indebtedness of any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary (but only to the extent such Asset Sale Proceeds or Event of Loss Proceeds are from an Asset Sale of or an Event of Loss affecting such Non-Guarantor Subsidiary) or Pari Passu Indebtedness; provided that if the Company shall so reduce Pari Passu Indebtedness, it will equally and ratably make an Excess Proceeds Offer to all holders) within 365 360 days following the receipt of the Asset Sale Proceeds from any Asset Sale (and any Event of Loss Proceeds from an Event of Loss), and/or (ii) to the extent the Company elects, to purchase assets (including Equity Interests or other securities purchased in connection with the acquisition of Equity Interests or Property of another Person) used or useful in a Permitted Business of the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that either (y) such purchase occurs and such Asset Sale Proceeds (and Event of Loss Proceeds) are so applied or (z) the Company enters into a binding agreement committing to make such purchase (subject to customary conditions precedent), in each case, within 360 days following the receipt of such Asset Sale Proceeds (and Event of Loss Proceeds) (the "Reinvestment Date"), and (b) second, if on the Reinvestment Date with respect to any Asset Sale Proceeds (and Event of Loss Proceeds) the Excess Proceeds exceed $30,000,000, the Company shall (i) make an offer to all Holders and (ii) prepay, purchase or redeem (or make an offer to do so) any other Pari Passu Indebtedness of the Company in accordance with provisions governing such Indebtedness requiring the Company to prepay, purchase or redeem such Indebtedness with the proceeds from any Asset Sales (or offer to do so) pro rata in proportion to the respective principal amounts of the Notes and such other Indebtedness required to be prepaid, purchased or redeemed or tendered for, in the case of the Notes pursuant to such offer to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes that may be purchased out of such pro rata portion of the Excess Proceeds, at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to the date of repurchase (an "Excess Proceeds Offer") subject to the right of Holders of record on a Record Date to receive interest on the relevant Interest Payment Date in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. Pending the final application of any Asset Sale Proceeds (or Event of Loss Proceeds), the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce borrowings under a Credit Facility or otherwise invest such Asset Sale Proceeds (or Event of Loss Proceeds) in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture. To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Notes and Pari Passu Indebtedness tendered pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer or other offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. For purposes of determining in clause (ii) above the percentage of cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, (1) the amount of any (x) liabilities (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes)(as shown on the Company's or such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary that are actually assumed by the transferee in such Asset Sale and from which the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries are fully released shall be deemed to be cash, and (y) securities, notes or other similar obligations received by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are immediately converted (or are converted within 30 days of receipt thereof eitherthe related Asset Sale) by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash shall be deemed to be cash in an amount equal to the net cash proceeds realized upon such conversion, and (2) a lease entered into in connection with a Sale and Lease-Back Transaction shall not be considered as consideration received in connection with such transaction. If the Company is required to make an Excess Proceeds Offer, within 30 days following the Reinvestment Date, the Company shall send by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Trustee and to each Holder, at the address appearing in the register of the Notes maintained by the Registrar, a notice stating, among other things:
(1) that such Holders have the right to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness require the Company to apply the pro rata portion of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if Excess Proceeds to repurchase such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, thereof plus accrued and unpaid interest and Additional Interest, if any, thereon to the date of repurchase;
(2) the purchase date, which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed ("Excess Proceeds Payment Date");
(3) that any Note not tendered or accepted for payment will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that any Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(5) that Holders accepting the offer to have their Notes purchased pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their acceptance of the Excess Proceeds Offer if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes delivered for purchase; provided, howeverand a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that if the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, the Trustee shall select the Notes to be purchased on a pro rata basis or by lot or by such other method that the Net Proceeds Offer Trustee deems fair and equitable to the Holders (with such adjustments as may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in excess denominations of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million1,000 or integral multiples thereof, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.purchased);
(c) In 8) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the event that any other Indebtedness unpurchased portion of the Company Notes surrendered, provided that ranks pari passu with each Note purchased and each such new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof;
(9) the Securities or any other Indebtedness calculations used in determining the amount of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Excess Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to the purchase of such Notes;
(10) any other procedures that a Net Holder must follow to accept an Excess Proceeds Offer or effect withdrawal of such acceptance; and
(11) the name and address of the Paying Agent. On the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, the Company shall, to offer the extent lawful, (1) accept for payment, on a pro rata basis to the extent necessary, Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer, (2) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. legal tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on the Notes to be purchased or portions thereof, (3) deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating that such Other Debt Notes or portions thereof were accepted for payment by the Company in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.13. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price for such Notes, and the Company shall execute and issue, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and make available for delivery to such Holder, a Net new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each such new Note shall be issued in an original principal amount in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof. The Company shall publicly announce the results of the Excess Proceeds Offer so long as soon as practicable after the amount Excess Proceeds Payment Date. To the extent that the provisions of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceedssecurities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.13, the Company shall make comply with the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect have breached its obligations under this Section 4.13 by virtue thereof. Upon completion of the Securities Excess Proceeds Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset to zero. In the same event of the transfer of substantially all of the Property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the purchase date in respect successor Person shall be deemed to have sold the Properties and assets of such Other Debt.
(d) For the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion and shall comply with the provisions of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1this Section 4.13 with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. The Company will comply, to the extent applicable, with the requirements of Section 14(e) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Exchange Act and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, any other securities laws or regulations in connection with the amount repurchase of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerthis Section 4.13.
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Samples: Indenture (Panamsat Corp /New/)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale sale or other disposition at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of as determined by the good-faith judgment of the Board of Directors of Parent, which determination, in each case where such Fair Market Value is greater than $10.0 million, will be evidenced by a Board Resolution and (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent for such sale or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form other disposition consists of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at cash equivalents, Marketable Securities or the time assumption of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, unsubordinated Indebtedness. Parent shall applyshall, or shall cause such the relevant Restricted Subsidiary to applyto, within 360 days after the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days date of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any from an Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(aSale, (i) (A) apply an amount equal to such Net Cash ProceedsProceeds to permanently reduce, repay, redeem or repurchase unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Issuer or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Guarantor, in each case owing to a Person other than Parent or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that if such unsubordinated Indebtedness (other than secured Indebtedness under any Credit Facility) is pari passu with the Notes, then the Issuer will ratably reduce, repay, redeem or repurchase Indebtedness under the Notes, or (B) invest an equal amount, or the amount not so applied pursuant to clause (A), in long-term property or assets of a nature or type or that are used in a business (or in a company having property and assets of a nature or type, or engaged in a business) similar or related to the nature or type of the property and assets of, or the business of, the “Unutilized Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries existing on the date of such investment (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of Parent, whose determination shall be conclusive and evidenced by a Board Resolution) and (ii) apply (no later than the end of the 360-day period referred to above) such excess Net Cash Proceeds (to the extent not applied pursuant to clause (i)) as provided in the following paragraphs of this Section 1017. The amount of such Net Cash Proceeds required to be applied (or to be committed to be applied) during such 360-day period referred to above in the preceding sentence and not applied as so required by the end of such period shall constitute "Excess Proceeds”)." If, as of the first day of any calendar month, the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds not theretofore subject to an Excess Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”)(as defined below) totals at least $15.0 million, the Issuer must, not later than the 45th Business Day thereafter, make an offer (an Excess Proceeds Offer) to purchase (from the Holders on a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum pro rata basis an aggregate principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion Proportionate Share of Unutilized Net Cash Proceedsthe Excess Proceeds on such date, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes, plus plus, in each case, accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, purchase (the "Excess Proceeds Payment"). The Issuer shall commence an Excess Proceeds Offer by mailing a notice to the Trustee and each Holder stating:
(i) that the Net Excess Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required is being made pursuant to this paragraph.Section 1017 and that all Notes validly tendered will be accepted for payment on a pro rata basis;
(cii) In the event purchase price and the date of purchase (which shall be a Business Day no earlier than 30 days nor later than 60 days from the date such notice is mailed) (the "Excess Proceeds Payment Date");
(iii) that any other Indebtedness Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest pursuant to its terms;
(iv) that, unless the Issuer defaults in the payment of the Company Excess Proceeds Payment, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest on and after the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(v) that ranks pari passu Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Note, together with the Securities form entitled "Option of the Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse side of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, a telegram, facsimile transmission or any other Indebtedness letter setting forth the name of any Guarantor such Holder, the principal amount of Notes delivered for purchase and a statement that ranks pari passu such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased; and
(vii) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof. On the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, the Issuer shall:
(i) accept for payment on a pro rata basis Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer up to the Proportionate Share of such Excess Proceeds;
(ii) deposit with such Guarantor’s Guarantee the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Notes or portions thereof so accepted; and
(“Other Debt”iii) requires an offer to purchase deliver, or cause to be made delivered, to repurchase the Trustee all Notes or portions thereof so accepted together with an Officer's Certificate specifying the Notes or portions thereof accepted for payment by the Issuer. The Paying Agent promptly shall mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price, and the Trustee shall upon Issuer Order promptly authenticate and mail to such Other Debt upon Holders a new Note equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the consummation Note surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in a principal amount of an Asset Sale, $1,000 or integral multiples thereof. The Issuer will publicly announce the Company may apply results of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Excess Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net as soon as practicable after the Excess Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsPayment Date. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased1017, the amount of Trustee shall act as the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Paying Agent. The Issuer will comply with Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the product of (x) extent such laws and regulations are applicable, in the Unutilized Net Cash event that Issuer receives such Excess Proceeds under this Section 1017 and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant required to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value repurchase Notes as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerdescribed above.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 7570% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment in (x) a similar business or properties or assets that replace the business, properties or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal PRO RATA basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 5.16. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million5,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph).
(b) In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 6.1, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the provisions of this Section 5.16 with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 5.16.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee Notwithstanding Sections 5.16(a) and (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Saleb), the Company may apply and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the Unutilized extent (i) at least 70% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; PROVIDED, that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required subject to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs.
(d) Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders of such Securities within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 5.16 and that all Securities tendered will be accepted for payment, provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Securities tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall select the Securities to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as -45- may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Securities in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest if interest is then accruing;
(4) that, unless (i) the Company defaults in making payment therefor or (ii) such payment is prohibited pursuant to Article Four or otherwise, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Security, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to a the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than two Business Days prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is not less than withdrawing his or her election to have such Security purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Securities were purchased only in part will be issued new securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered; provided, however, that each Security Portion purchased and each new Security issued shall be in an original principal amount of Unutilized $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; and
(8) that the Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law.
(e) On or before the Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Securities to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price (and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Holders a new Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security Amount and surrendered provided that each such new Security shall be in the lesser principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) unless such payment is prohibited pursuant to Article Four or otherwise. The Company will publicly announce the results of the aggregate principal face amount Net Proceeds Offer on or accreted value as soon as practicable after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date. For purposes of this Section 5.16, the relevant Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
(f) Any amounts remaining after the purchase date of all Other Debt tendered Securities pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to purchase such Other Debt made at the time Company.
(g) The Company must comply with Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and other provisions of such State and federal securities laws to the extent applicable in connection with a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 5.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the provisions of this Section 5.16 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Color Spot Nurseries Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not cause or permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 270 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Senior Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the committed availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related or complementary thereto (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors) ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . Pending final application, the extent that all Company or part the applicable Restricted Subsidiary may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility or invest in cash or Cash Equivalents. On the 271st day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration -------- ------- received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non- cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 10.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 10.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph).
(b) Notwithstanding the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraph to the extent (i) at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and/or Cash Equivalents and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided, -------- however, that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by ------- the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
(c) In Subject to the event deferral right set forth in the final proviso of Section 4.15(a), each notice of a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.15 shall be mailed, by first-class mail, by the Company to Holders of Notes at their last registered address not more than 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that any other Indebtedness the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.15 of the Company Indenture, that ranks pari passu with all Notes tendered will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that if the Securities or any other Indebtedness aggregate principal amount of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with Notes -------- ------- tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon exceeds the consummation aggregate amount of an Asset Salethe Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may apply shall select the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required Notes to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis (with --- ---- such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased) and that the Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer periods as may be required by law;
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date (which shall be not less than 30 nor more than 45 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date and which shall be at least five Business Days after the Trustee receives notice thereof from the Company);
(3) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to a the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the second Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Unutilized Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Note surrendered; provided, however, that each Note purchased and each -------- ------- new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof. On or before the Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsOffer Payment Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer (i) accept for payment Notes or portions thereof (in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect integral multiples of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d$1,000) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities validly tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 2.14 U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, of all Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. Upon receipt by the Paying Agent of the monies specified in clause (ii) above and a copy of the Officers' Certificate specified in clause (iii) above, the Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, out of the funds deposited with the Paying Agent in accordance with the preceding sentence. The Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Unutilized Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. Upon the payment of the purchase price for the Notes accepted for purchase, the Trustee shall return the Notes purchased to the Company for cancellation. Any monies remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned within three Business Days by the Trustee to the Company except with respect to monies owed as obligations to the Trustee pursuant to Article Seven. For purposes of this Section 4.15, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. To the extent the amount of Notes tendered pursuant to any Net Proceeds Offer is less than the amount of Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant subject to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may use any remaining portion of such Net Cash Proceeds not required to fund the repurchase of tendered Notes for general corporate purposes and such Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset to zero.
(d) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent the provisions of any securities laws and regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture relating to a Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations relating to such Net Proceeds Offer by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Armstrong Containers Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 180 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or repay any Indebtedness of secured by the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the involved in such Asset Sale if together with a concomitant permanent reduction in the amount of such Restricted Subsidiary is not Indebtedness (including a Guarantor and, permanent reduction in the committed amounts therefor in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facilityfacility so repaid), effect a permanent reduction in (B) to repay any of the availability under such revolving credit facility;
Company's 12 3/4% Senior Notes due 2001 which were not exchanged for Notes on the Series A/B Issue Date (2C) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Series A/B Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3D) a combination of prepayment repayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(2iii)(C).
; provided, however, that the 75% limitation set forth in clause (bii) To of this paragraph shall not apply to any proposed Asset Sale for which an independent certified accounting firm shall certify to the extent Board of Directors of the Company and the Trustee that all the after-tax cash portion of the consideration to be received by the Company or part such Restricted Subsidiary in such proposed Asset Sale is equal to or greater than what the net after-tax cash proceeds would have been had such proposed Asset Sale complied with the 75% limitation set forth in clause (ii) of this paragraph and provided, further, that for purposes of this covenant, Cash Equivalents shall include any unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (as shown on the Company's or such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) that are assumed by the transferee and for which the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary is reasonably indemnified in connection with the relevant Asset Sale. On the 181st day after an Asset Sale or such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B), (iii)(C) and (iii)(D) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B), (iii)(C) and (iii)(D) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis that amount of Notes (expressed as a multiple of $1,000including Additional Series D Senior Notes) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million5,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph). In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 5.01 of this Indenture, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the provisions of this covenant with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this covenant. Notwithstanding the two immediately preceding paragraphs, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the extent (i) at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; provided that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs.
(cb) In Subject to the event that any other Indebtedness deferral of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date contained in subsection (a) above, each notice of a Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.16 shall be mailed or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase caused to be mailed, by first class mail, by the Company not more than 25 days after the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last registered addresses as of a date within 15 days of the mailing of such notice, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(i) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to repurchase Section 4.16 and that all Notes (including any Additional Series D Senior Notes) tendered, in whole or in part, will be accepted for payment; provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Notes (including any Additional Series D Senior Notes) tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such Other Debt upon offer exceeds the consummation aggregate amount of an Asset Salethe Net Proceeds Offer, the Company may apply shall select the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required Notes (including any Additional Series D Senior Notes) to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Notes in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(ii) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the purchase date (which shall be 20 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law) (the "Proceeds Purchase Date");
(iii) that any Note not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Note accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(v) that Holders electing to have a Note purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date;
(vi) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than five Business Days prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date, a Net Proceeds Offer so long as telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Unutilized Net Cash Xxxxxx is withdrawing his election to have such Note purchased; and
(vii) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part will be issued new Notes in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; On or before the Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsPurchase Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Notes (including any Additional Series D Senior Notes) or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds be purchased in accordance with item (b)(l) above, (ii) deposit with the “Security Amount”) and Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Other Debt tendered Notes to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Notes so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Notes or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Notes so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.16, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. Any amounts remaining after the purchase of Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to purchase the Company. The Company shall comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such Other Debt made at laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the time repurchase of such Notes pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under Section 4.16 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Coinmach Laundry Corp)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its the Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Replacement Assets and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving 69 credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto acquire Replacement Assets, or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 361st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each, a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum PRO RATA basis, that principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued interest and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration) or Cash Equivalents, then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales or deemed Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million5,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) ). In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu and the Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a 70 transaction permitted under Section 5.01, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the Securities or any other Indebtedness provisions of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu this covenant with respect to such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company) of such properties and assets of the Company or the Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this covenant. Notice of each Net Proceeds Offer pursuant to this Section 4.12 will be mailed or caused to be mailed, by first class mail, by the Company within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date to all Holders at their last registered addresses, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.12 and that all Securities tendered in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 will be accepted for payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the principal amount of Securities tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount, the Company may apply shall select the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required Securities to be applied purchased on a PRO RATA basis;
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest, if any) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date (which shall be at least 20 Business Days from the date of mailing of notice of such Net Proceeds Offer, or such longer period as required by law);
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Security, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to a the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Security the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied Holder is withdrawing his election to purchase have such Security purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be issued new Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Securities is not less than surrendered. On or before the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to be purchased in accordance with item (1) above, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent in accordance with Section 2.14 U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any, of all Securities to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price plus accrued interest, if any. For purposes of this Section 4.12, the Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent. The Company shall and shall cause its Subsidiaries to comply with all tender offer rules under state and Federal securities laws, including, but not limited to, Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder, to the extent applicable to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (offer. To the “Security Amount”) extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the foregoing provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the denominator foregoing provisions of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offerthis Indenture by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Simonds Industries Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:: 129 -56-
(i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofof (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors);
(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at (provided that the time amount of any liabilities (as shown on the Company's or such dispositionSubsidiary's most recent balance sheet) of the Company or any such Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed to be cash for the purposes of this provision); and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 180 days of receipt thereof either:
(1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted any Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor Company, including without limitation in accordance with the Credit Agreement, and, in the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;,
(2B) to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement, to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses the same, similar or reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “"Replacement Assets”"); and/or, or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . 130 -57- Subject to the extent that all last sentence of this paragraph, on the 181st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clause (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) or (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal pro rata basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities Notes equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Notes to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase, but installments of interest, the maturity of which is on or prior to the Proceeds Purchase Date, shall be payable to Holders of record at the close of business on the relevant record dates referred to in Section 2.12; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this covenant. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 1,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million1,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this the preceding paragraph.
(c) ). In the event that any other Indebtedness of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer.its
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 7570% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment in (x) a similar business or properties or assets that replace the business, properties or assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("Replacement Assets"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the Company shallnext preceding sentence (each, on the 366th day (the “a "Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "Net Proceeds Offer Amount") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (a “the "Net Proceeds Offer”), with ") on a copy to date (the Trustee, "Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal PRO RATA basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 5.16. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 5,000,000 resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million5,000,000, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph).
(b) In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 6.1, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this covenant, and shall comply with the provisions of this Section 5.16 with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 5.16.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee Notwithstanding Sections 5.16(a) and (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Saleb), the Company may apply and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the Unutilized extent (i) at least 70% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; PROVIDED, that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required subject to the provisions of the two preceding paragraphs.
(d) Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders of such Securities within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 5.16 and that all Securities tendered will be accepted for payment, provided, however, that if the aggregate principal amount of Securities tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall select the Securities to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Securities in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest if interest is then accruing;
(4) that, unless (i) the Company defaults in making payment therefor or (ii) such payment is prohibited pursuant to Article Four or otherwise, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Security, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to a the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than two Business Days prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is not less than withdrawing his or her election to have such Security purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Securities were purchased only in part will be issued new securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered; provided, however, that each Security Portion purchased and each new Security issued shall be in an original principal amount of Unutilized $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; and
(8) that the Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law.
(e) On or before the Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Securities to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price (and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Holders a new Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security Amount and surrendered provided that each such new Security shall be in the lesser principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) unless such payment is prohibited pursuant to Article Four or otherwise. The Company will publicly announce the results of the aggregate principal face amount Net Proceeds Offer on or accreted value as soon as practicable after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date. For purposes of this Section 5.16, the relevant Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
(f) Any amounts remaining after the purchase date of all Other Debt tendered Securities pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to purchase such Other Debt made at the time Company.
(g) The Company must comply with Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and other provisions of such State and federal securities laws to the extent applicable in connection with a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 5.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the provisions of this Section 5.16 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Color Spot Nurseries Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will CNH Global shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent CNH Global or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
(ii2) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent CNH Global or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; provided that the amount of:
(a) any liabilities (as shown on CNH Global’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet), of CNH Global or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than (x) contingent liabilities and liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes and (y) Indebtedness owed to CNH Global and its Subsidiaries) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (2); and
(iiib) any securities, notes or other obligations received by CNH Global or any such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by CNH Global or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash (to the extent of the cash received) within 365 days following the closing of such Asset Sale shall be deemed to be cash for purposes of this clause (2); and
(3) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent CNH Global shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of after receipt thereof eithereither to:
(1A) to prepay repay Indebtedness under any Senior Debt Credit Facility under which CNH Global or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not an obligor and permanently retire such Indebtedness,
(B) acquire (or enter into a Guarantor andbinding agreement to acquire, in which acquisition must be consummated within 180 days after the case end of the 365-day period following receipt of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facilityNet Cash Proceeds) Replacement Assets, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;or
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(13)(A) and (iii)(23)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 366th day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of CNH Global or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) clauses (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”3)(A), (3)(B) and (3)(C) of the Company shallpreceding paragraph (each, on the 366th day (the a “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds which have not been applied on or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date as permitted in clauses (3)(A), (3)(B) and (3)(C) of the preceding paragraph (each, a “Net Proceeds Offer Amount”) shall be applied by Case New Holland to make an offer to purchase (a the “Net Proceeds Offer”)) to all Holders and, with a copy to the Trusteeextent required by the terms of any Pari Passu Debt, an offer to purchase to all holders of such Pari Passu Debt, on a date (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”) not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders (and holders of such Pari Passu Debt) on a maximum pro rata basis, that principal amount of Notes (expressed as a multiple of $1,000and Pari Passu Debt) of Securities equal to the Security Portion Net Proceeds Offer Amount at a price equal to 100% of Unutilized the principal amount of the Notes (and Pari Passu Debt) to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by CNH Global or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration) or Cash Equivalents, then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 4.12. Notwithstanding the first two paragraphs of this covenant, CNH Global and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to enter into and consummate one or more Permitted Asset Swaps without complying with such paragraphs (except to the extent of any Net Cash Proceeds received in connection with such Permitted Asset Swap which shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 4.12) to the extent that at the time of entering into each such Permitted Asset Swap and immediately after giving effect to such Permitted Asset Swap, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred or be continuing or would occur as a consequence thereof. Case New Holland may defer the Net Proceeds Offer until there is an aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $25.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales or deemed Asset Sales (at which time, the entire unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $25.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph). The first such date the aggregate unutilized Net Proceeds Offer Amount is equal to or in excess of $25.0 million shall be treated for this purpose as the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date. Pending the final application of any such Net Cash Proceeds, CNH Global or any such Restricted Subsidiary may apply such Net Cash Proceeds to temporarily reduce Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility or other Indebtedness included under “Current Liabilities” on CNH Global’s consolidated balance sheet or otherwise invest the Net Cash Proceeds in any manner that is not prohibited by this Indenture. Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders within 30 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee, and shall state:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.12;
(2) that such Holders have the right to require Case New Holland to apply the Net Proceeds Offer Amount (less any amount to be (and actually) applied to any Pari Passu Debt) to repurchase such Notes at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, thereof plus accrued interest thereon and unpaid interest, if any, to the purchase date of purchase; provided, however, that which shall be no less than 30 days nor more than 60 days from the applicable Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.Trigger Date;
(c3) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities Note not tendered or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer accepted for payment will continue to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.accrue interest;
(d4) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered that any Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders accepting the offer to have their Notes purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to surrender the Notes, with the form entitled “Option of Holder to Elect Purchase” on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their acceptance of the Net Proceeds Offer if the Paying Agent receives, not later than the close of business on the third Business Day preceding the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Notes delivered for purchase, and a statement that such Unutilized Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, provided that each Note purchased and each such new Note issued shall be in an original principal amount in denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples thereof;
(8) the calculations used in determining the amount of Net Proceeds Offer Amount to be applied to the purchase of such Notes;
(9) any other procedures that a Holder must follow to accept a Net Proceeds Offer or effect withdrawal of such acceptance; and
(10) the name and address of the Paying Agent. Upon receiving notice of the Net Proceeds Offer, Holders may elect to tender their Notes in whole or in part in integral multiples of $1,000 in exchange for cash. To the extent Holders properly tender Notes and holders of Pari Passu Debt properly tender such Pari Passu Debt in an amount exceeding the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, the tendered Notes and Pari Passu Debt will be purchased on a pro rata basis based on aggregate amounts of Notes and Pari Passu Debt tendered. A Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law. If the principal amount of Notes tendered in response to the Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Net Proceeds Offer Amount, such funds will no longer constitute Net Cash Proceeds (and may be used for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. Case New Holland shall comply with the “Security Amount”) requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations to the denominator extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered Notes pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.12, Case New Holland shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.12 by virtue thereof. CNH Global shall not permit any Unrestricted Financial Services Subsidiary to consummate a transaction that would constitute an Asset Sale had it been consummated by a Restricted Subsidiary unless such Unrestricted Financial Services Subsidiary receives Fair Market Value for the assets, net of any liabilities assumed, sold or disposed of.
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Samples: Indenture (CNH Global N V)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors), (ii) at least 7570% of the consideration received by Parent the Company or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and Equivalents; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that the amount of any Senior Debt of the Company (as shown on the Company's most recent balance sheet) or any Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company (as shown on such Restricted Subsidiary's most recent balance sheet) which is received at not expressly subordinated in right of payment to the time Securities or to any Guarantee of such dispositionRestricted Subsidiary, that is expressly assumed by the transferee of any such assets or by operation of law shall be deemed to be cash for purposes for this provision; and
and (iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, in the case of any such Indebtedness Senior Debt under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
, (2B) to make an investment in (x) properties and assets that replace the properties and assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in properties and assets that will be used in the business of Parent the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto ("REPLACEMENT ASSETS"), or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1iii)(A) and (iii)(2iii)(B).
(b) To . On the extent that all 361st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(aclauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each, a "NET PROCEEDS OFFER TRIGGER DATE"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, Proceeds which have not been applied on the 366th day (the “or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”Date as permitted in clauses (iii)(A), (iii)(B) and (iii)(C) of the next preceding sentence (each a "NET PROCEEDS OFFER AMOUNT") shall be applied by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary to make an offer to purchase (the "NET PROCEEDS OFFER") on a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to date (the Trustee, "NET PROCEEDS OFFER PAYMENT DATE") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal PRO RATA basis, that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, Proceeds Offer Amount at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereofof the Securities to be purchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon thereon, if any, to the date of purchase; providedPROVIDED, howeverHOWEVER, that if at any time any non-cash consideration received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be, in connection with any Asset Sale is converted into or sold or otherwise disposed of for cash (other than interest received with respect to any such non-cash consideration), then such conversion or disposition shall be deemed to constitute an Asset Sale hereunder and the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with this Section 5.16. The Company may defer the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are is an aggregate Unutilized unutilized Net Cash Proceeds Offer Amount equal to or in excess of $20.0 million, 10.0 million resulting from one or more Asset Sales (at which time time, the entire amount of such Unutilized unutilized Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Amount, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 10.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph); PROVIDED, that in no event will the net cash proceeds from an Asset Sale be subjected to more than one offer to purchase Securities.
(b) In the event of the transfer of substantially all (but not all) of the property and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries as an entirety to a Person in a transaction permitted under Section 6.1, the successor corporation shall be deemed to have sold the properties and assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries not so transferred for purposes of this Section 5.16, and shall comply with the provisions of this Section 5.16 with respect to such deemed sale as if it were an Asset Sale. In addition, the fair market value of such properties and assets of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries deemed to be sold shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds for purposes of this Section 5.16.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee Notwithstanding Sections 5.16(a) and (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Saleb), the Company may apply and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the Unutilized extent (i) at least 75% of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Replacement Assets and (ii) such Asset Sale is for fair market value; PROVIDED, that any consideration not constituting Replacement Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required subject to the provisions of Sections 5.16(a) and (b).
(d) Each Net Proceeds Offer will be mailed to the record Holders as shown on the register of Holders of such Securities within 25 days following the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date, with a copy to the Trustee. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to Section 5.16 of this Indenture and that all Securities tendered will be accepted for payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the aggregate principal amount of Securities tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall select the Securities to be applied purchased on a pro rata basis (with such adjustments as may be deemed appropriate by the Company so that only Securities in denominations of $1,000 or multiples thereof shall be purchased);
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest if interest is then accruing;
(4) that, unless (i) the Company defaults in making payment therefor or (ii) such payment is prohibited pursuant to Article Four or otherwise, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer will be required to offer surrender the Security, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to purchase such Other Debt and Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to a the Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer so long as Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Paying Agent receives, not later than two Business Days prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is not less than withdrawing his or her election to have such Security purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Securities were purchased only in part will be issued new securities equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that each Security Portion purchased and each new Security issued shall be in an original principal amount of Unutilized $1,000 or integral multiples thereof; and
(8) that the Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law.
(e) On or before the Net Cash ProceedsProceeds Offer Payment Date, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect (i) accept for payment Securities or portions thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related which are to be purchased in accordance with item (b)(1) above, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent U.S. Legal Tender sufficient to pay the purchase price of all Securities to be purchased and (iii) deliver to the Trustee Securities so accepted together with an Officers' Certificate stating the Securities or portions thereof being purchased by the Company. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to the Holders of Securities so accepted payment in an amount equal to the purchase price (and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail or deliver to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Holders a new Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Security Amount and surrendered; PROVIDED, that each such new Security shall be in the lesser principal amount of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof) unless such payment is prohibited pursuant to Article Four or otherwise. The Company will publicly announce the results of the aggregate principal face amount Net Proceeds Offer on or accreted value as soon as practicable after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date. For purposes of this Section 5.16, the relevant Trustee shall act as the Paying Agent.
(f) Any amounts remaining after the purchase date of all Other Debt tendered Securities pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer shall be returned by the Trustee to purchase the Company.
(g) The Company must comply with Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and other provisions of state and federal securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such Other Debt made at laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the time repurchase of such Securities pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 5.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under the provisions of this Section 5.16 by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Indenture (Metals Usa Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate an Asset Sale unless:
(i1) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least substantially equal to the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of (ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiarytaking into account any associated liabilities and other considerations), as determined in good faith by the case may beCompany's Board of Directors, from such Asset Sale shall be in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii2) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent the Company shall applyapply directly or through a Restricted Subsidiary, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 360 days of receipt thereof either:
either (1A) to prepay any repay Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor and, (and in the case of any such Indebtedness outstanding under any a revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction to permanently reduce the amounts that may be reborrowed thereunder by an equivalent amount), with the Net Cash Proceeds received in the availability under such revolving credit facility;
respect thereof, (2B) to make an investment reinvest in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto Productive Assets, or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3C) a combination of prepayment prepayment, reduction and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(12)(A) and (iii)(22)(B).
(b) To ; On the extent that all 361st day after an Asset Sale or part such earlier date, if any, as the Board of Directors of the Company or of such Restricted Subsidiary determines not to apply the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of relating to such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(aclauses (2)(A), (2)(B) and (2)(C) of the preceding sentence (each, a "NET PROCEEDS OFFER TRIGGER DATE"), such aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, Proceeds which have not been so applied on the 366th day (the “or before such Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”Date as permitted in clauses (2)(A), (2)(B) and (2)(C) of the preceding sentence (each, a "NET PROCEEDS OFFER AMOUNT") shall be applied by the Company to make an offer to purchase repurchase (the "NET PROCEEDS OFFER") on a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to date (the Trustee, "NET PROCEEDS OFFER PAYMENT DATE") not less than 30 nor more than 60 45 days following such 366th day (the “applicable Net Proceeds Offer Payment Trigger Date”), from all outstanding Securities up to Holders on a maximum principal PRO RATA basis that amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus accrued interest thereon to the date of purchase; provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to or in excess of $20.0 millionAmount multiplied by a fraction, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the aggregate principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) then outstanding and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security aggregate principal amount of Securities and Pari Passu Indebtedness then outstanding (the "PRO RATA SHARE"), at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Securities to be repurchased, plus accrued interest to the date of repurchase. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Net Proceeds Offer Amount is less than $2 million, the application of the Net Cash Proceeds constituting such Net Proceeds Offer Amount to a Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until such time as such Net Proceeds Offer Amount plus the aggregate amount of all Net Proceeds Offer Amounts arising subsequent to the Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date relating to such initial Net Proceeds Offer Amount from all Asset Sales by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries aggregates at least $2 million, at which time the lesser Company shall apply all Net Cash Proceeds constituting all Net Proceeds Offer Amounts that have been so deferred to make a Net Proceeds Offer, the first date the aggregate of all such deferred Net Proceeds Offer Amounts is equal to $2 million or more being deemed to be a Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date. To the extent that the aggregate purchase price of Securities tendered pursuant to any Net Proceeds Offer is less than the Pro Rata Share, the Company or any Guarantor may use such amount for general corporate purposes. Upon completion of any Net Proceeds Offer, the Net Proceeds Offer Amount shall be reset to zero. Notwithstanding the first two paragraphs of this Section 4.16, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale without complying with such paragraphs to the extent
(1) any portion of the consideration for such Asset Sale constitutes Productive Assets and
(2) such Asset Sale is for substantially fair market value, as determined in good faith by the Company's Board of Directors; PROVIDED that the fair market value of any consideration not constituting Productive Assets received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any Asset Sale permitted to be consummated under this paragraph shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds subject to the provisions of the first two paragraphs of this Section 4.16. Notice of a Net Proceeds Offer shall be mailed, by first-class mail, by the Company to Holders of Securities at their last registered address not less than 15 days nor more than 30 days before the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date. The notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such Holders to tender Securities pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer and shall state the following terms:
(1) that the Net Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.16, that all Securities tendered will be accepted for payment; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of Securities tendered in a Net Proceeds Offer plus accrued interest at the expiration of such offer exceeds the aggregate amount of the relevant Net Proceeds Offer, the Company shall purchase date the Securities on a PRO RATA basis and that the Net Proceeds Offer shall remain open for a period of all Other Debt 20 Business Days or such longer period as may be required by law;
(2) the purchase price (including the amount of accrued interest) and the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date (which shall be not less than 30 nor more than 45 days following the applicable Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date;
(3) that any Security not tendered will continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor, any Security accepted for payment pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have a Security purchased pursuant to a concurrent offer Net Proceeds Offer will be required to purchase such Other Debt made surrender the Security, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Security completed, to the Company at the time address specified in the notice prior to the close of business on the Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date;
(6) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company receives, not later than the second Business Day prior to the Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of the Securities such Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Securities purchased; and
(7) that Holders whose Securities are purchased only in part will be issued new Securities in a principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion of the Securities surrendered. If an offer is made to repurchase the Securities pursuant to a Net Proceeds Offer, the Company will and will cause its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with all tender offer rules under state and federal securities laws, including, but not limited to, Section 14(e) under the Exchange Act and Rule 14e-1 thereunder, to the extent applicable to such offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with this Section 4.16, the Company shall comply with the applicable securities laws and obligations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations hereunder by virtue thereof.
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Samples: Note Agreement (Designs Inc)
Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent The Company will not, and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unless:
unless (i) Parent the Company or the applicable Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to the fair market value Fair Market Value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of;
of and (ii) at least 7580% of the consideration received by Parent for such Asset Sale consists of cash or Cash Equivalents or Replacement Assets or the assumption of Indebtedness which ranks pari passu in right of payment with the Notes.
(b) The Company shall, or shall cause the relevant Restricted Subsidiary to, apply the Net Cash Proceeds from an Asset Sale within 270 days of the receipt thereof to (A) permanently repay unsubordinated Indebtedness of the Company or Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case owing to a Person other than the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, (B) invest in Replacement Assets, or (C) in any combination of repayment, prepayment, and reinvestment permitted by the foregoing clauses (A) and (B). Any Net Proceeds from the Asset Sale that are not invested as provided and within the time period set forth in the first sentence of this Section 4.16(b) will be deemed to constitute "Excess Proceeds." If at any time the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $5.0 million, the Company shall, within 30 Business Days thereafter, make an offer to all Holders of Notes (an "Asset Sale Offer") to purchase on a pro rata basis the maximum principal amount of Notes, that is an integral multiple of 1,000 that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon, plus Additional Amounts, if any, to the date fixed for the closing of such offer (and, in the case of Definitive Notes, subject to the right of a Holder of record on the relevant record date to receive interest due on the relevant interest payment date and Additional Amounts, if any, in respect thereof), in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture. The Company will commence an Asset Sale Offer with respect to Excess Proceeds within thirty Business Days after the date that Excess Proceeds exceeds $5.0 million by publishing or, where relevant, mailing the notice required pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, with a copy to the Trustee. To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes tendered pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, subject to applicable law, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for general corporate purposes. Upon completion of any such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero. The Asset Sale Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business 61 62 Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the "Offer Period"). No later than five Business Days after the termination of the Offer Period (the "Purchase Date"), the Company shall purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes that may be purchased with such Excess Proceeds (or such pro rata portion) (which maximum principal amount of Notes shall be the "Offer Amount") or, if less than the Offer Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered in response to the Asset Sale Offer. If the Purchase Date is on or after an interest Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest will be paid in the case of a Global Note, to the Holder thereof or, in the case of a Definitive Note, to the Person in whose name such Definitive Note is registered at the close of business on such Record Date, and no additional interest will be payable to Holders with respect to Notes tendered pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. At least 30 days but not more than 60 days before a Purchase Date, the Company shall publish in a leading newspaper having a general circulation in New York (which is expected to be The Wall Street Journal) and in Amsterdam (which is expected to be Het Financieele Dagblad ) (and, if and so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of such Stock Exchange shall so require, a newspaper having a general circulation in Luxembourg (which is expected to be the Luxemburger Wort)) or, in the case of Definitive Notes, mail to Holders by first-class mail, postage prepaid, at their respective addresses as they appear on the registration books of the Registrar with a copy of such notice to the Trustee (and, if and so long as the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange and the rules of such Stock Exchange shall so require, publish in a newspaper having a general circulation in Luxembourg (which is expected to be the Luxemburger Wort)). The notice shall contain all instructions and materials (or instructions on how to obtain instructions and materials) necessary to enable such Holders to tender Notes pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer. The Asset Sale Offer shall be made to all Holders. The notice, which shall govern the terms of the Asset Sale Offer, shall state:
(A) that the Asset Sale Offer is being made pursuant to this Section 4.16 and the length of time the Asset Sale Offer shall remain open;
(B) the Offer Amount (including the amount of accrued and unpaid interest, if any), the purchase price and the Purchase Date;
(C) that any Note or portion thereof not tendered or accepted for payment shall continue to accrue interest and Additional Amounts, if any, in accordance with the terms thereof; 62 63
(D) that, unless the Company defaults in making payment therefor any Note or portion thereof accepted for payment pursuant to the Asset Sale Offer shall cease to accrue interest and Additional Amounts, if any, after the Purchase Date;
(1) if any Global Note is being purchased in part, the portion of the principal amount of such Note to be purchased and that, after the Purchase Date, interest and Additional Amounts, if any, shall cease to accrue on the portion to be purchased, and upon surrender of such Global Note, the Global Note with a notation on Schedule A thereof adjusting the principal amount thereof to be equal to the unpurchased portion, will be returned and (2) if a Definitive Note may be purchased in part, that, after the Purchase Date, upon surrender of such Definitive Note, a new Definitive Note or Notes in aggregate principal amount equal to the unpurchased portion thereof will be issued in the name of the Holder thereof, upon cancellation of the original Note;
(F) that Holders electing to have a Note or portion thereof purchased pursuant to any Asset Sale Offer shall be required to surrender the Note, with the form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Company, a depositary, if appointed by the Company, or a Paying Agent at the address specified in the notice at least three Business Days before the Purchase Date and must complete any form letter of transmittal proposed by the Company and acceptable to the Trustee and the Paying Agent;
(G) that, subject to applicable law, Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Company, depositary or Paying Agent, as the case may be, from such Asset Sale shall be in receives, not later than the form second Business Day before the Purchase Date, a facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of cash or Cash Equivalents and is received at the time of such disposition; and
(iii) upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to applyHolder, the Net Cash Proceeds relating to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt or any Indebtedness principal amount of the Restricted Subsidiary whose assets were Note or portion thereof the subject of Holder delivered for purchase, the Asset Sale if Note certificate number and a statement that such Restricted Subsidiary Holder is not a Guarantor and, in withdrawing his election to have the case of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facility, effect a permanent reduction in the availability under such revolving credit facilityNote or portion thereof purchased;
(2H) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace that, if the assets that were aggregate principal amount of Notes tendered by Holders exceeds the subject Offer Amount, the selection of such Asset Sale or in assets that Notes for purchase will be used in the business of Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on the Issue Date or in businesses reasonably related thereto or (y) Capital Stock of an entity that holds any such assets (provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted made by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To Trustee in compliance with the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”), make an offer to purchase (a “Net Proceeds Offer”), with a copy to the Trustee, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Payment Date”), all outstanding Securities up to a maximum principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% requirements of the principal amount thereofsecurities exchange, plus accrued interest thereon if any, on which such Notes are listed, or if such Notes are not so listed or such exchange prescribes no method of 63 64 selection, subject to applicable law, on a pro rata basis by lot or by such other method as the date of purchaseTrustee in its sole discretion shall deem fair and appropriate (and in such manner as complies with applicable legal and exchange requirements); provided, however, that the Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to no Notes of 1,000 or in excess of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, less shall be applied as required pursuant purchased in part; provided further, that, subject to this paragraph.applicable law, in the event of partial purchase by lot, the particular Notes to be purchased shall be selected, unless otherwise provided herein, by the Registrar or Trustee from the outstanding Notes not previously called for purchase; and
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied to a Net Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, the Company shall make the Net Proceeds Offer in respect thereof at the same time as the analogous offer to purchase is made pursuant to any Other Debt and the purchase date in respect of the Securities shall be the same as the purchase date in respect of such Other Debt.
(d) For purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (xI) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant instructions that Holders must follow to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds Offertender their Notes.
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Limitation on Asset Sales. (a) Parent will The Company shall not, and will shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries Subsidiary to, consummate an make any Asset Sale unless:
(i) Parent the Company or the applicable such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, Subsidiary receives consideration at the time of such Asset Sale at least equal to not less than the fair market value of the assets sold or otherwise disposed ofsubject to such Asset Sale;
(ii) at least 75% of the consideration received by Parent or the Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from for such Asset Sale shall be is in the form of (A) cash or Cash Equivalents and Equivalents, (B) liabilities of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes or the Subsidiary Guarantees) that are assumed by the transferee of such assets (provided that, following such Asset Sale there is received no further recourse to the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to such liabilities), or (C) fixed assets or property that, in the good faith judgment of the Managers, at the time of such dispositionAsset Sale will be used in a Related Business of the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries; and
(iii) upon the consummation within 300 days of an such Asset Sale, Parent shall apply, or cause such Restricted Subsidiary to apply, the Net Cash Proceeds relating thereof are (A) invested (or committed pursuant to such Asset Sale within 365 days of receipt thereof either:
(1) to prepay any Senior Debt or Guarantor Senior Debt a definitive agreement entered into by the Company or any Indebtedness of its Restricted Subsidiaries to be invested within 12 months of the Restricted Subsidiary whose date such commitment is made) in fixed assets were the subject of the Asset Sale if such Restricted Subsidiary is not a Guarantor andor property that, in the case good faith judgment of any such Indebtedness under any revolving credit facilitythe Managers, effect a permanent reduction in at the availability under such revolving credit facility;
(2) to make an investment in (x) assets that replace the assets that were the subject time of such Asset Sale or in assets that will be used in a Related Business of the business of Parent and Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries as existing on Subsidiaries, (B) applied to repay or prepay Indebtedness under Purchase Money Obligations incurred in connection with the Issue Date asset so sold, (C)(1) applied to repay or prepay Indebtedness under the Credit Facility and permanently reduce the commitment thereunder in businesses reasonably related thereto the amount of the Indebtedness so repaid or (y2) Capital Stock applied to repurchase, redeem or defease some or all of an entity that holds any such assets the Senior Secured Notes in accordance with the terms thereof and the Senior Secured Notes Indenture or (D) to the extent not used as provided that in the case of this clause (y) such investment is permitted by Section 4.11 (collectively, “Replacement Assets”); and/or
(3) a combination of prepayment and investment permitted by the foregoing clauses (iii)(1) and (iii)(2).
(b) To the extent that all or part of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale are not applied within 365 days of such Asset Sale as set forth in Section 4.13(a) (such Net Cash Proceeds, the “Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds”A), the Company shall, on the 366th day (the “Net Proceeds Offer Trigger Date”B), or (C) applied to make an offer to purchase Notes as described below (a “an "Excess Proceeds Offer"); provided that, the Company will not be required to make an Excess Proceeds Offer until the amount of Excess Proceeds is greater than $10,000,000. The foregoing provisions in (i) or (ii) above shall not apply to an Event of Loss. Pending the final application of any Net Proceeds, the Company may temporarily reduce Indebtedness under the Credit Facility or temporarily invest such Net Proceeds Offer”in Cash Equivalents. Net Proceeds not invested or applied as set forth in subclause (A), with a copy to the Trustee(B) or (C) of clause (iii) above constitute "Excess Proceeds;" provided, not less than 30 nor more than 60 days following such 366th day (the “however, that Net Proceeds that are committed to be invested pursuant to subclause (A) of clause (iii) above shall not be deemed to constitute "Excess Proceeds" until the last day of the 12-month period referred to in such subclause. If the Company elects, or becomes obligated to make an Excess Proceeds Offer Payment Date”)because such Excess Proceeds exceed $10,000,000, all outstanding Securities up the Issuers shall offer to a maximum purchase Notes having an aggregate principal amount (expressed as a multiple of $1,000) of Securities equal to the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash ProceedsExcess Proceeds (the "Purchase Amount"), at a purchase price in cash equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon and Liquidated Damages, if any, to the date purchase date. The Issuers must consummate such Excess Proceeds Offer not later than 30 days after the expiration of purchasethe 300-day period following the Asset Sale that produced such Excess Proceeds; provided, however, that the no Excess Proceeds Offer in respect of any Net Proceeds Offer may be deferred until there are aggregate Unutilized Net Cash that constitute Excess Proceeds equal by operation of the proviso to or in excess the first sentence of $20.0 million, at which time the entire amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds, and not just the amount in excess of $20.0 million, this paragraph shall be applied as required pursuant to this paragraph.
(c) In the event that any other Indebtedness of the Company that ranks pari passu with the Securities or any other Indebtedness of any Guarantor that ranks pari passu with such Guarantor’s Guarantee (“Other Debt”) requires an offer to purchase to be made to repurchase such Other Debt upon the consummation of an Asset Sale, the Company may apply the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds otherwise required to be applied consummated until the 30th day following the last day of the relevant 12-month period that is described in such proviso. If the aggregate purchase price for the Notes tendered pursuant to a Net the Excess Proceeds Offer to offer to purchase such Other Debt and to a Net Proceeds Offer so long as the amount of such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds applied to purchase the Securities is not less than the Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds. With respect to any Unutilized Net Cash Excess Proceeds, the Company shall make and its Restricted Subsidiaries may use the Net portion of the Excess Proceeds remaining after payment of such purchase price for general corporate purposes. Each Excess Proceeds Offer in respect shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days and no longer, unless a longer period is required by law (the "Excess Proceeds Offer Period"). Promptly after the termination of the Excess Proceeds Offer Period (the "Excess Proceeds Payment Date"), the Issuers shall purchase and mail or deliver payment for the Purchase Amount for the Notes or portions thereof tendered, pro rata or by such other method as may be required by law, or, if less than the Purchase Amount has been tendered, all Notes tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer. To the extent that the provisions of any securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Section 4.10, the Issuers shall comply with the applicable securities laws and regulations and shall not be deemed to have breached its obligations under this Section 4.10 by virtue thereof. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, create or suffer to exist or become effective any restriction that would impair the ability of the Issuers to make an Excess Proceeds Offer upon an Asset Sale or, if such Excess Proceeds Offer is made, to pay for the Notes tendered for purchase. The Issuers shall, no later than 30 days following the expiration of the 12-month period following the Asset Sale that produced Excess Proceeds, commence the Excess Proceeds Offer by mailing to the Trustee and each Holder, at such Holder's last registered address, a notice, which shall govern the same time as terms of the analogous offer to purchase Excess Proceeds Offer, and shall state:
(1) that the Excess Proceeds Offer is being made pursuant to any Other Debt this Section 4.10, the principal amount of Notes which shall be accepted for payment and that all Notes validly tendered shall be accepted for payment on a pro rata basis;
(2) the purchase price and the purchase date of purchase;
(3) that any Notes not tendered or accepted for payment pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer shall continue to accrue interest;
(4) that, unless the Issuers default in respect the payment of the Securities purchase price with respect to any Notes tendered, Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(5) that Holders electing to have Notes purchased pursuant to an Excess Proceeds Offer shall be required to surrender their Notes, with the same as form entitled "Option of Holder to Elect Purchase" on the reverse of the Note completed, to the Issuers prior to the close of business on the third Business Day immediately preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date;
(6) that Holders shall be entitled to withdraw their election if the Issuers receive, not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, a telegram, telex, facsimile transmission or letter setting forth the name of the Holder, the principal amount of Notes the Holder delivered for purchase and a statement that such Holder is withdrawing his election to have such Notes purchased;
(7) that Holders whose Notes are purchased only in part shall be issued Notes representing the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered; provided that, each Note purchased and each new Note issued shall be in principal amount of $1,000 or whole multiples thereof; and
(8) the instructions that Holders must follow in order to tender their Notes. On or before the Excess Proceeds Payment Date, the Issuers shall (i) accept for payment on a pro rata basis the Notes or portions thereof tendered pursuant to the Excess Proceeds Offer, (ii) deposit with the Paying Agent money sufficient to pay the purchase date price of all Notes or portions thereof so accepted and (iii) deliver to the Trustee the Notes so accepted, together with an Officers' Certificate stating that the Notes or portions thereof tendered to the Issuers are accepted for payment. The Paying Agent shall promptly mail to each Holder of Notes so accepted payment in respect an amount equal to the purchase price of such Other Debt.
(d) Notes, and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and mail to such Holders new Notes equal in principal amount to any unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered. The Issuers shall make a public announcement of the results of the Excess Proceeds Offer as soon as practicable after the Excess Proceeds Payment Date. For the purposes of this Section 4.13, “Security Portion of Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds” means (1) if no Other Debt is being offered to be purchased4.10, the amount of Trustee shall act as the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (2) if Other Debt is being offered to be purchased, the amount of the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds equal to the product of (x) the Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds and (y) a fraction the numerator of which is the principal amount of all Securities tendered pursuant to the Net Proceeds Offer related to such Unutilized Net Cash Proceeds (the “Security Amount”) and the denominator of which is the sum of the Security Amount and the lesser of the aggregate principal face amount or accreted value as of the relevant purchase date of all Other Debt tendered pursuant to a concurrent offer to purchase such Other Debt made at the time of such Net Proceeds OfferPaying Agent.
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