Mergers, Consolidations, Sales. Not, and not permit any Subsidiary to,
(a) be a party to any merger or consolidation, or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or any Equity Interests of any class of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other Person, except for Investments otherwise permitted by Section 11.9,
(b) sell, transfer, convey or lease all or substantially all of its assets (including the sale of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary) except (i) for sales of inventory and obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of business or (ii) so long as no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
(c) sell or assign with or without recourse any receivables; except that the restrictions set forth in clauses (a)-(c) above shall not apply to
(i) any merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or assignment of or by any Subsidiary into the Company (provided that the Company shall be the continuing or surviving entity) or any other Subsidiary;
(ii) any such purchase or other acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the assets or Equity Interests of any Subsidiary;
(iii) any Subsidiary may liquidate, dissolve or wind-up if the Company determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;
(iv) the discount or sale, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, of past due receivables arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with customary industry practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of receivables),
(v) Investments made in accordance with Section 11.9,
(vi) Liens incurred in compliance with Section 11.2,
(vii) any Acquisition (a) existing on, or contractually committed to or contemplated as of, the Effective Date and (b) any modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any Investment described in clause (a) above so long as no such modification, replacement, renewal or extension increases the amount of such Investment except by the terms thereof in effect on the Effective Date (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities) or as otherwise permitted by this Section 11.4,
(viii) any Acquisition by the Company, any Subsidiary or any Insurance Subsidiary w...
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales. In the case of any consolidation or merger of the Company with another entity (regardless of whether the Company is the surviving entity), or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets to another entity, or any reorganization or reclassification of the Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company, then, as a condition of such consolidation, merger, sale, reorganization or reclassification, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby the Holder shall thereafter have the right to receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore purchasable hereunder, such shares of stock, securities or assets (including, without limitation, cash), if any, as may (by virtue of such consolidation, merger, sale, reorganization or reclassification) be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore so purchasable hereunder had such consolidation, merger, sale, reorganization or reclassification not taken place, and in any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder to the end that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon exercise of this Warrant. The Company shall not effect any such consolidation, merger or sale unless (a) the Company provides the holder hereof with not less than 10 days prior written notice of such consolidation, merger or sale (provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such corporate event), and (b) prior to the consummation thereof, the successor entity (if other than the Company) resulting from consolidation or merger or the entity purchasing such assets assumes, by written instrument, the obligation to deliver to each such holder such shares of stock, securities or assets as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, such holder may be entitled to acquire.
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales. In the case of any consolidation or merger of the Partnership with another entity, or the sale of all or substantially all of its assets to another entity, or any reorganization or reclassification or liquidation of the common interests or other common equity securities of the Partnership (including, without limitation, any change in the Partnership’s form of organization from a partnership to a corporation), then, at the reasonable discretion of the Committee, but subject to the Partnership Agreement, provision shall be made whereby the Holder shall thereafter have the right to receive upon exercise of this Option (in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions specified herein) and in lieu of the Class A Common Units hereinbefore described immediately theretofore purchasable hereunder, solely such interests, shares of stock, securities or assets (including cash) as would (by virtue of such consolidation, merger, sale, reorganization, reclassification or liquidation) have been issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for such Class A Common Units had such consolidation, merger, sale, reorganization, reclassification or liquidation taken place immediately following exercise hereof, and in any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of the Holder to the end that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any interests, shares of stock, securities or assets thereafter deliverable upon exercise of this Option.
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales. Not, and not permit any Subsidiary to, be a party to any merger or consolidation, or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or any stock of any class of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other Person, or sell, transfer, convey or lease all or any substantial part of its assets, or sell or assign with or without recourse any receivables, except for (a) any such merger or consolidation, sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or assignment of or by any wholly-owned Subsidiary into the Company or into, with or to any other wholly-owned Subsidiary; (b) any such purchase or other acquisition by the Company or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the assets or stock of any wholly-owned Subsidiary; (c) any such purchase or other acquisition by the Company or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the assets or stock of any other Person where (1) such assets (in the case of an asset purchase) are for use, or such Person (in the case of a stock purchase) is engaged in the management, processing, collection, handling and disposal of non-hazardous bio-solid wastes, animal manures, and green or other organic waste or similar non-hazardous waste-related business activities; (2) immediately before or after giving effect to such purchase or acquisition, no Event of Default or Unmatured Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing; (3) either (i) (x) the aggregate consideration to be paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries (including any Debt assumed or issued in connection therewith, the amount thereof to be calculated in accordance with GAAP) in connection with such purchase or other acquisition (or any series of related acquisitions) is not greater than $15,000,000 and (y) the aggregate consideration to be paid in cash or by the assumption or issuance of Debt by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with such purchase or acquisition (or any series of related acquisitions) is not greater than $7,000,000 or (ii) the Required Banks have consented to such purchase or acquisition; and (4) the Company is in pro forma compliance with all the financial ratios and restrictions set forth in Section 10.6; and (d) sales and dispositions of assets (including the stock of Subsidiaries) so long as (1) the net book value of all assets sold or otherwise disposed of in any Fiscal Year (other than assets referred to in clause (2)) does not exceed $500,000 and (2) such assets are listed on Schedule 10.11.
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales. (a) Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall be a party to any merger, consolidation or exchange of stock unless the Borrower shall be the surviving entity with respect to any such transaction to which the Borrower is a party and the Guarantor shall be the survivor of any merger with any other Subsidiary or a Subsidiary shall be the surviving entity (and continue to be a Subsidiary) with respect to any such transactions to which one or more Subsidiaries is a party (and the conditions set forth below are satisfied), or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or stock of any class of, or any partnership, membership or joint venture or other interest in, any other Person except as otherwise provided in Section 8.3 or this Section 8.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or stock of any class of, or joint venture or other interest in, any Person if the following conditions have been met: (i) the proposed transaction will not otherwise create a Default or an Event of Default hereunder; and (ii) the business to be acquired predominantly involves (A) the collection, transfer, hauling, disposal or recycling of solid waste or thermal soil remediation, or (B) other lines of businesses currently engaged in, or related, associated, complementary or supplementary thereto, whether from an operational, business, financial, technical or administrative standpoint; provided that the Borrower or its Subsidiaries may purchase or otherwise acquire all or 61 -55- substantially all of the assets or stock of any class of, or any partnership, membership or joint venture or other interest in, any Persons in unrelated businesses, not to exceed an aggregate amount of $100,000,000 during the first year following the Effective Date, and not to exceed a total aggregate amount of $200,000,000 during the term of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the ability of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to incur any Indebtedness in connection with any transaction permitted pursuant to this Section 8.4 shall be governed by Section 8.1.
(b) Neither the Borrower nor any Subsidiary shall sell, transfer, convey or lease any assets or group of assets, including the sale or transfer of any property owned by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in order then or thereafter to lease such property or lease other property which the Borrower or such Sub...
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales. Not, and not permit any Subsidiary to, be a party to any merger or consolidation, or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or any stock of any class of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other Person, or (except for the sale or lease of inventory in the ordinary course of business) sell, transfer, convey or lease all or any substantial part of its assets, or sell or assign with or without recourse any receivables, except for (a) any such merger or consolidation, sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or assignment of or by any wholly-owned Subsidiary into the Company or into, with or to any other wholly-owned Subsidiary; (b) any such purchase or other acquisition (and the corresponding sale or other transfer) by the Company or any wholly-owned Subsidiary of the assets or stock of any wholly-owned Subsidiary; (c) any Permitted Acquisition; (d) sales or assignments of receivables in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; (e) sales and other dispositions of Unrestricted Margin Stock; (f) sales and dispositions of assets (including the stock of Subsidiaries) so long as the net book value of all assets sold or otherwise disposed of in any Fiscal Year (excluding sales and assignments described in clause (a), (b), (d) or (e) above) does not exceed $10,000,000; and (g) Investments permitted by Section 10.19(n).
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions. Merge into or consolidate with any other person, or permit any other person to merge into or consolidate with it, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or any part of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired), or issue, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any Equity Interests of Intermediate Holdings, the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary or preferred equity interests of Holdings, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or any substantial part of the assets of any other person, except that this Section shall not prohibit:
(a) the purchase and sale of inventory in the ordinary course of business by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, (ii) the acquisition of any other asset in the ordinary course of business by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary, (iii) the sale of surplus, obsolete or worn out equipment or other property in the ordinary course of business by the U.S. Borrower or any Subsidiary or (iv) the sale of Permitted Investments in the ordinary course of business;
(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (i) the merger of any Subsidiary into a Borrower in a transaction in which such Borrower is the surviving corporation, (ii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary into or with any Subsidiary Loan Party in a transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is a Subsidiary Loan Party (which shall be a Domestic Subsidiary Loan Party if any party to such merger or consolidation shall be a domestic Subsidiary) and, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), no person other than a Borrower or Subsidiary Loan Party receives any consideration, (iii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party into or with any other Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Loan Party or (iv) the liquidation or dissolution of any Subsidiary (other than a Borrower) if the U.S. Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the U.S. Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders;
(c) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to the U.S. Borrower or a Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise); provided that any sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions by a Loan Party to a Subsidiary that is...
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales. Not, and not permit any other Loan Party or any Subsidiary of any Loan Party to (a) be a party to any merger or consolidation, (b) sell, transfer, dispose of, convey or lease any of its assets or Capital Securities (including the sale of Capital Securities of any Subsidiary) except for (x) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business and (y) the issuance of Capital Securities of the Borrower, (c) license or dispose of any intellectual property other than (x) non-exclusive licenses of intellectual property of any Loan Party in the ordinary course of business (for the avoidance of doubt licenses to a competitor of the Loan Parties shall be deemed outside of the ordinary course of business) and (y) a Permitted Exclusive License, provided, that each such license in clauses (x) and (y) does not materially impair the value of such intellectual property as collateral for the Obligations, or (d) sell or assign with or without recourse any receivables, except for (i) any such merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or assignment of or by any domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiary into Borrower or into any other domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiary; and (ii) any such purchase or other acquisition (x) by a Loan Party of the assets or Capital Securities of any domestic Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, or (y) by a foreign Subsidiary of the assets or Capital Securities of another foreign Subsidiary.
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales. Not, and not permit any Subsidiary to, be a party to any merger or consolidation, or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or any stock of any class of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other Person, or, except in the ordinary course of its business, sell, transfer, convey or lease all or any substantial part of its assets, or sell or assign with or without recourse any receivables, except for: (a) any such merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or assignment of or by any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary into the Company or into, with or to any other Wholly-Owned Subsidiary; (b) any such purchase or other acquisition by the Company or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the assets or stock of any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary; and (c) sales and dispositions of assets (including the stock of Subsidiaries) for at least fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company) so long as the net book value of all assets sold or otherwise disposed of in any Fiscal Year (other than Inventory sold in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with past practices) does not exceed five percent (5%) of the net book value of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of the preceding Fiscal Year.
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales. (a) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary shall be a party to any merger, consolidation or exchange of stock unless the Company shall be the surviving entity with respect to any such transaction to which the Company is a party or a Subsidiary shall be the surviving entity (and continue to be a Subsidiary) with respect to any such transactions to which one or more Subsidiaries is a party (and the conditions set forth below are satisfied), or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or stock of any class of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other Person except as otherwise provided in Section 9.3 or this Section 9.4. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries may purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or stock of any class of, or joint venture interest in, any Person if the following conditions have been met: (a) the proposed transaction will not otherwise create a Default or an Event of Default hereunder; (b) the business to be acquired predominantly involves the collection, transfer, hauling, disposal or recycling of solid waste (excluding hazardous waste as that term is defined in RCRA) or thermal soil remediation; (c) the business to be acquired operates predominantly (i) in North America or (ii) outside North America, provided, that the aggregate amount of such acquisitions under this clause (ii) does not exceed five percent (5%) of Consolidated Tangible Assets; and (d) the board of directors and (if required by applicable law) the shareholders, or the equivalent thereof, of the business to be acquired has approved such acquisition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may effect the Mid-American Acquisition and the Allied Acquisition provided that (a) such transactions will not otherwise create a Default or Event of Default hereunder, and (b) the Banks shall have received as soon as is reasonably possible an environmental permit certificate from the CFO of the Company satisfactory to the Banks concerning principal operating permits of Mid-American's and/or Allied's principal operating facilities to be acquired pursuant to the Mid-American Acquisition and/or the Allied Acquisition, as applicable. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the ability of the Company and its Subsidiaries to incur any Indebtedness in connection with any transaction permitted pursuant to this Section 9.4 shall be governed by Section 9.1. 83 -77-
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