Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions Holdings shall not, and shall not permit any of its Material Subsidiaries to, dissolve, liquidate, or wind-up its affairs, or become a party to any amalgamation, merger or consolidation, or acquire by purchase, lease, or otherwise all or substantially all of the assets or capital stock of or other ownership interest in any other Person, provided that
(1) any Material Subsidiary may consolidate, amalgamate or merge into Holdings or any other Material Subsidiary provided that the Company may not merge, amalgamate or consolidate with Holdings, and the Company may only merge, amalgamate or consolidate with another Material Subsidiary if the Company is the surviving entity of such merger, amalgamation or consolidation; and
(2) Holdings or any Material Subsidiary may acquire, whether by purchase, by amalgamation or by merger, (A) all of the ownership interests of another Person or (B) substantially all of the assets of another Person or of a business or division of another Person (each a “Permitted Acquisition”), provided that each of the following requirements is met:
(i) if Holdings or any Material Subsidiary is acquiring the ownership interests in such Person and such Person meets the criteria for a Material Subsidiary set forth in the definition of such term at Section 1.01, such Person shall execute a Guarantor Joinder and join this Agreement as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 10.18 [Joinder of Guarantors] on or before the date of such Permitted Acquisition;
(ii) the board of directors or other equivalent governing body of such Person shall have approved such Permitted Acquisition and Holdings or the relevant Material Subsidiary shall have delivered to the Banks written evidence of such approval of the board of directors (or equivalent body) of such Person for such Permitted Acquisition;
(iii) the business acquired, or the business conducted by the Person whose ownership interests are being acquired, as applicable, shall be substantially the same as, or otherwise complementary or related to, one or more lines of business conducted by Holdings or any Material Subsidiary, or otherwise incidental to the business of a financial services company, and shall comply with Section 7.02(j) [Continuation of or Change in Business];
(iv) no Potential Default or Event of Default shall exist immediately prior to and after giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition; and
(v) upon the reasonable request of Agent, Holdings or the relevant Material Subsidiary shall deliver to the Agent at least five (5) Business Days before such Permitted Acquisition such information about such Person or its assets as Agent may reasonably require.
Mergers, Consolidations or Sales No Loan Party shall enter into any transaction of merger, reorganization, or consolidation, or transfer, sell, assign, lease, or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property, or wind up, liquidate or dissolve, or agree to do any of the foregoing, except:
(a) (i) sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of its business, and (ii) sales of excess Inventory not in the ordinary course of its business as permitted by the First Lien Credit Agreement;
(b) (i) sales or other dispositions of Equipment of the Parent or the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business that are obsolete or no longer useable on a commercially reasonable basis by any such Person in its business, and (ii) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the sale of Equipment by a Borrower to another Borrower and the sale of Equipment by a Guarantor to another Borrower Party. All proceeds of a sale or disposition under clause (i) or (ii) above, after payment of reasonable selling costs, shall be deposited in a Payment Account. All Equipment purchased with such proceeds shall be free and clear of all Liens, except the Agent's Liens;
(c) the merger of a Borrower into another Borrower so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, (ii) the Borrower Parties provide the Agent with ten (10) days prior written notice of such merger, (iii) in the event of a merger involving the Parent, the Parent shall be the surviving Person, and (iv) contemporaneously with such merger, the Borrower Parties deliver to the Agent all documents reasonably requested by the Agent to continue the Agent's Liens on the Collateral, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, including, without limitation, such pledge agreements, new stock certificates and stock powers, financing statements or other documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Agent;
(d) the merger of a Guarantor into another Guarantor so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, (ii) the Borrower Parties provide the Agent with ten (10) days prior written notice of such merger, and (iii) contemporaneously with such merger, the Borrower Parties deliver to the Agent all documents reasonably requested by the Agent to continue the Agent's Liens on the Collateral, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, including, without limitation, such pledge agreements, new stock certificates and stock powers, financing statements or other documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Agent; and
(e) the merger of a Guarantor into a Borrower so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, (ii) the applicable Borrower shall be the surviving Person, (iii) the Borrower Parties provide the Agent with ten (10) days prior written notice of such merger, and (iv) contemporaneously with such merger, the Borrower Parties deliver to the Agent all documents reasonably requested by the Agent to continue the Agent's Liens on the Collateral, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, including, without limitation, such pledge agreements, new stock certificates and stock powers, financing statements or other documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Agent;
(f) Permitted Acquisitions;
(g) disposition of other assets having a fair market value not to exceed $2,000,000 during any Fiscal Year or $7,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement;
(h) disposition of Real Estate acquired in connection with the acquisition of Toastmaster Inc. set forth on Schedule 7.9 and any of the personal property (except Inventory) located thereon; and
(i) disposition of Proprietary Rights to a Subsidiary of any Borrower Party; provided, that prior to the consummation of any such disposition, the Agent shall be satisfied in its sole discretion of the continued second lien priority and validity of the Agent's Lien in all such Proprietary Rights.
Reorganization, Reclassification, Merger, Consolidation or Disposition of Assets In case the Company shall reorganize its capital, reclassify its capital stock, consolidate or merge with or into another corporation (where the Company is not the surviving corporation or where there is a change in or distribution with respect to the Common Stock of the Company), or sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all its property, assets or business to another corporation and, pursuant to the terms of such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets, shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation, or any cash, shares of stock or other securities or property of any nature whatsoever (including warrants or other subscription or purchase rights) in addition to or in lieu of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation ("Other Property"), are to be received by or distributed to the holders of Common Stock of the Company, then Holder shall have the right thereafter to receive, upon exercise of this Warrant, the number of shares of common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and Other Property receivable upon or as a result of such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such event. In case of any such reorganization, reclassification, merger, consolidation or disposition of assets, the successor or acquiring corporation (if other than the Company) shall expressly assume the due and punctual observance and performance of each and every covenant and condition of this Warrant to be performed and observed by the Company and all the obligations and liabilities hereunder, subject to such modifications as may be deemed appropriate (as determined in good faith by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company) in order to provide for adjustments of shares of Common Stock for which this Warrant is exercisable which shall be as nearly equivalent as practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 11. For purposes of this Section 11, "common stock of the successor or acquiring corporation" shall include stock of such corporation of any class which is not preferred as to dividends or assets over any other class of stock of such corporation and which is not subject to redemption and shall also include any evidences of indebtedness, shares of stock or other securities which are convertible into or exchangeable for any such stock, either immediately or upon the arrival of a specified date or the happening of a specified event and any warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any such stock. The foregoing provisions of this Section 11 shall similarly apply to successive reorganizations, reclassifications, mergers, consolidations or disposition of assets.
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 where:
(A) the Acquisition is of a Person in a line of business which is similar or complementary to the lines of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date;
(B) immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, no Event of Default shall exist or would result of such Acquisition; and
(C) in the case of the Acquisition of any Person, to the extent that an Acquisition which is structured as a merger involving the Company, the Company is the surviving Person, and
(ix) any sale, transfer or disposition of the Equity Interests or assets of Central Health Plan of California, Inc. and Universal Care, Inc. (d/b/a Brand New Day). All sales, transfers or dispositions made by the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to this Section 11.4 (other than those permitted by clause (ii) or (iii)) shall be made for fair value and for at least 75% cash consideration, and
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 any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary, 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 Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower or the acquisition of any other asset (excluding assets constituting investments of the type subject to Section 6.04) 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 of the Borrower into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation and (ii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary of the Borrower into or with any other 90% Subsidiary of the Borrower in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a 90% Subsidiary of the Borrower (which shall be a domestic Subsidiary if the non-surviving person shall be a domestic Subsidiary) and, (A) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), no person other than the Borrower or a 90% Subsidiary of the Borrower receives any consideration and (B) in the case of clause (ii), if any non-surviving person was a Guarantor the surviving person must be a Guarantor;
(c) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 6.03;
(d) investments permitted by Section 6.04;
(e) subject to Section 6.07, sales, leases or transfers (i) from the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower to the Borrower or to a domestic 90% Subsidiary of the Borrower, (ii) from any Foreign Subsidiary of the Borrower to any Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower or the Borrower, (iii) from any Foreign Subsidiary that is a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower to any other Foreign Subsidiary that is a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower or (iv) from any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower to any Foreign Subsidiary that is a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower, provided that the fair market value of all property sold, leased or transferred pursuant to this clause (iv) shall not exceed $20,000,000 in the aggregate;
(f) sales, leases or other dispositions of equipment or other property of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries determined by the general partner or senior management of the Borrower to be no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, provided that the Net Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.12(c);
(g) sales, leases or other dispositions of inventory of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not made in the ordinary course of business determined by the general partner or senior management of the Borrower to be no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, provided that the Net Proceeds thereof shall be applied in accordance with Section 2.12(c);
(h) the sale of any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of the Borrower in which less than 90% of the Equity Interests is owned by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;
(i) sales, leases or other dispositions of property having a net book value not in excess of $20,000,000 in any fiscal year, provided that the Net Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.12(c) or are used within one year of the date of receipt thereof to purchase assets useful in the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, provided further, that no sale may be made pursuant to this paragraph (i) of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary except in connection with the sale of all its outstanding Equity Interests that are held by the Borrower and any other Subsidiary and provided further, that to the extent that the net book value of such property sold, leased or disposed in any fiscal year is less than $20,000,000, the amount of such difference, but in no case more than $10,000,000, may be carried forward and used for sales, leases, or dispositions of property in the immediately succeeding fiscal year (after the full amount such sales, leases and other dispositions of property otherwise permitted to be made under this paragraph (i) in such fiscal year, without regard to the provisions of this proviso, have been made) (it being understood that amounts once carried forward into such succeeding fiscal year shall lapse and terminate at the end of such fiscal year);
(j) the Transaction;
(k) the sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of business and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;
(l) sales, leases or other dispositions of the Subject Property pursuant to the Xxxxxx County Bond Transactions consummated in accordance with the definition thereof;
(m) the IPO Reorganization; and
(n) licenses of intellectual property in the ordinary course of business. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above, Holdings must at all times own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of the Borrower and Opco GP (except to the extent Opco GP is liquidated or consolidated with Holdings in connection with or in contemplation of the IPO Reorganization).
Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets (a) The Borrower will not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(i) the Borrower or a Consolidated Subsidiary that is incorporated under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia is the surviving corporation of any such consolidation or merger or is the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the Borrower substantially as an entirety;
(ii) if a Consolidated Subsidiary is the surviving corporation or is the Person that acquires the property and assets of the Borrower substantially as an entirety, it shall expressly assume the performance of every covenant of this Agreement and of the Notes on the part of the Borrower to be performed or observed;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(iv) if the Borrower is not the surviving entity, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate and a legal opinion of its General Counsel, Associate General Counsel or Assistant General Counsel, upon the express instruction of the Borrower for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, each stating that such transaction complies with this Section and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(b) Upon any consolidation by the Borrower with, or merger by the Borrower into, a Consolidated Subsidiary, the result of which is that such Consolidated Subsidiary is the surviving entity, or any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Borrower substantially as an entirety to a Consolidated Subsidiary, the Consolidated Subsidiary into which the Borrower is merged or consolidated or to which such conveyance or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Borrower, as the case may be, under this Agreement with the same effect as if such Consolidated Subsidiary had been named as the Borrower, as the case may be, herein, and thereafter, in the case of a transfer or conveyance permitted by Section 5.07(a), the Borrower shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Agreement and the Notes.
Consolidation and Merger; Asset Acquisitions The Borrower will not consolidate with or merge into any Person, or permit any other Person to merge into it, or acquire (in a transaction analogous in purpose or effect to a consolidation or merger) all or substantially all the assets of any other Person.
Consolidations and Mergers The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary (other than any Allied Unrestricted Subsidiary, any Securitization Subsidiary or any Republic Insurance Entity) to, merge, consolidate with, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any other Person, except:
(a) any Subsidiary may merge with the Borrower or with any one or more Subsidiaries; provided that (i) if any transaction shall be between the Borrower and a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (ii) if any transaction shall be between a Subsidiary and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person; and (iii) if any transaction shall be between an Excluded Subsidiary and a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary, a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(b) any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, and any Excluded Subsidiary may transfer all or substantially all of its assets to the Borrower or a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary for nominal consideration or as a result of the voluntary dissolution or liquidation of such Excluded Subsidiary; and
(c) any merger, consolidation or disposition in connection with a transaction permitted by Section 7.03 or an Acquisition permitted by Section 7.05.
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions (a) 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 substantially all the assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) of the Borrower or less than all the Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person or division or line of business of such Person, except that (i) the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may purchase and sell inventory in the ordinary course of business and (ii) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing (1) any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (2) any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with any other Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (provided that if any party to any such transaction is a Loan Party, the surviving entity of such transaction shall be a Loan Party), (3) any Restricted Subsidiary may dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary (which such recipient Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Loan Party if the disposing Restricted Subsidiary is a Loan Party), (4) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate (other than in connection with a merger or a consolidation which shall be governed by the other clauses of this Section 6.05(a)) and distribute its assets ratably to its shareholders if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, and (5) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Permitted Acquisitions, including by means of mergers or consolidations.
(b) Make any Asset Sale otherwise permitted under paragraph (a) above unless (i) such Asset Sale is for consideration at least 75% of which consists of cash, (ii) such consideration is at least equal to the fair market value of the assets being sold, transferred, leased or disposed of and (iii) the fair market value of all assets sold, transferred, leased or disposed of pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall not exceed the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) 3.0% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets in any fiscal year.
Reclassification, Reorganization and Consolidation In case of any reclassification, capital reorganization, or change in the Common Stock of the Company (other than as a result of a subdivision, combination, or stock dividend provided for in Section 6(a) above), then, as a condition of such reclassification, reorganization, or change, lawful provision shall be made, and duly executed documents evidencing the same from the Company or its successor shall be delivered to the holder of this Warrant, so that the holder of this Warrant shall have the right at any time prior to the expiration of this Warrant to purchase, at a total price equal to that payable upon the exercise of this Warrant, the kind and amount of shares of stock and other securities and property receivable in connection with such reclassification, reorganization, or change by a holder of the same number of Shares as were purchasable by the holder of this Warrant immediately prior to such reclassification, reorganization, or change. In any such case appropriate provisions shall be made with respect to the rights and interest of the holder of this Warrant so that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable with respect to any shares of stock or other securities and property deliverable upon exercise hereof, and appropriate adjustments shall be made to the purchase price per share payable hereunder, provided the aggregate purchase price shall remain the same.
