Sales of Assets The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, Dispose of any substantial part (as defined below) of the assets (including Capital Stock of Subsidiaries) of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided, however, that the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of assets constituting a substantial part of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries if such assets are sold for Fair Market Value and, at such time and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and an amount equal to the net proceeds received from such Disposition (but only with respect to that portion of such assets that exceeds the definition of “substantial part” set forth below) shall be used within 365 days of such Disposition, in any combination:
(a) to acquire productive assets used or useful in carrying on the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries and having a Fair Market Value at least equal to the Fair Market Value of such assets Disposed of; and/or
(b) to prepay or retire Senior Indebtedness of the Company and/or a Subsidiary Guarantor and/or Indebtedness of any other Restricted Subsidiary, provided that in the course of making such application the Company shall offer to prepay each outstanding Note in accordance with Section 8.6 in a principal amount which equals the Ratable Portion for such Note. Once the Company has made the offer to the holders of Notes described in the preceding proviso with respect to any Disposition, (1) the Company shall have no further obligations to any holder of Notes that has rejected or is deemed to have rejected such offer with respect to such holder’s Ratable Portion of the proceeds of such Disposition (the “Unapplied Proceeds”) and (2) the Company shall be permitted to retain and use the Unapplied Proceeds from such Disposition in any manner, free of the requirements of this Section 10.5. As used in this Section 10.5, a Disposition of assets shall be deemed to be a “substantial part” of the assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries if the book value of such assets, when added to the book value of all other assets Disposed of by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries during the period of 12 consecutive months ending on the date of such Disposition, exceeds 10% of the book value of Consolidated Total Assets; provided that there shall be excluded from any determination of a “substantial part” (1) any Disposition of assets in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (2) any Disposition of assets from the Company to a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary or from any Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary and (3) any sale of property acquired or constructed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary after the date of this Agreement to any Person within 365 days following the acquisition or completion of construction of such property by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary shall concurrently with such sale, lease such property, as lessee.
Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets Neither Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary will wind up, liquidate or dissolve its affairs or enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation (other than solely to change the jurisdiction of organization or type of organization (to the extent in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Security Agreement)), or convey, sell, lease or sublease (as lessor or sublessor), transfer or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its business, property or assets, except for:
(a) Capital Expenditures by Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(b) Sales or dispositions of used, worn out, obsolete or surplus Property or Property no longer useful in the business of Borrower by Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and the abandonment or other sale of Intellectual Property that is, in the reasonable judgment of Borrower, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole; and the termination or assignment of Contractual Obligations to the extent such termination or assignment does not have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) Asset Sales by Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) at the time of such Asset Sale, no Event of Default then exists or would arise therefrom, (ii) Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall receive not less than 75% of such consideration in the form of (x) cash or Cash Equivalents or (y) Permitted Business Assets (in each case, free and clear of all Liens at the time received other than Permitted Liens) (it being understood that for the purposes of clause (c)(ii)(x), the following shall be deemed to be cash: (A) any liabilities (as shown on Borrower’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet provided hereunder or in the footnotes thereto) of Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the payment in cash of the Obligations, that are assumed by the transferee with respect to the applicable Asset Sale and for which all of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have been validly released by all applicable creditors in writing, (B) any securities received by such Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received) within one hundred and eighty (180) days following the closing of the applicable disposition, (C) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received in respect of such disposition having an aggregate fair market value, taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (C) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of $75.0 million, with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at such date of receipt or such agreement, as applicable, and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) and (iii) the Net Available Proceeds therefrom shall be applied as specified in Section 2.10(a)(iii);
(d) Liens permitted by Section 10.02, Investments may be made to the extent permitted by Sections 10.04 and Restricted Payments may be made to the extent permitted by Section 10.06;
(e) Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may dispose of cash and Cash Equivalents;
(f) Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may lease (as lessor or sublessor) real or personal property to the extent permitted under Section 10.02;
(g) licenses and sublicenses by Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of software and Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business shall be permitted;
(A) Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may transfer or lease property to or acquire or lease property from Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that the sum of (x) the aggregate fair market value of all Property transferred by Borrower and Domestic Subsidiaries of Borrower that are Restricted Subsidiaries to Foreign Subsidiaries of Borrower under this clause (A) plus (y) all lease payments made by Borrower and Domestic Subsidiaries of Borrower that are Restricted Subsidiaries to Foreign Subsidiaries of Borrower in respect of leasing of property by Borrower and Domestic Subsidiaries of Borrower that are Restricted Subsidiaries from Foreign Subsidiaries shall not exceed in any fiscal year of Borrower, (x) prior to the earlier of the Xxxx Las Vegas Reorganization and the Wynn Massachusetts Project Opening Date, $5.0 million and (y) thereafter $25.0 million; (B) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with or into Borrower (as long as Borrower is the surviving Person) or any Guarantor (as long as the surviving Person is, or becomes substantially concurrently with such merger or consolidation, a Guarantor); (C) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with or into any other Restricted Subsidiary (so long as, if either Restricted Subsidiary is a Guarantor, the surviving Person is, or becomes substantially concurrently with such merger or consolidation, a Guarantor); and (D) any Restricted Subsidiary may be voluntarily liquidated, voluntarily wound up or voluntarily dissolved (so long as any such liquidation or winding up does not constitute or involve an Asset Sale to any Person other than to Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary or any other owner of equity interests in such Restricted Subsidiary unless such Asset Sale is otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section 10.05); provided, however, that, in each case with respect to clauses (A), (B) and (C) of this Section 10.05(h) (other than in the case of a transfer to a Foreign Subsidiary permitted under clause (A) above), the Lien on such property granted in favor of Collateral Agent under the Security Documents shall be maintained in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and the applicable Security Documents;
(i) voluntary terminations of Swap Contracts and other assets or contracts in the ordinary course of business;
(j) conveyances, sales, leases, transfers or other dispositions which do not constitute Asset Sales;
(k) any taking by a Governmental Authority of assets or property, or any part thereof, under the power of eminent domain or condemnation;
(l) Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make sales, transfers or other dispositions of property subject to a Casualty Event;
(m) Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make sales, transfers or other dispositions of Investments in Joint Ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to, customary buy/sell arrangements between the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;
(n) selling, factoring or discounting of accounts receivable (including defaulted receivables) in the ordinary course of business;
(o) any merger, consolidation or amalgamation in order to effect a Permitted Acquisition;
(p) any disposition of Equity Interests of a Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a person from whom such Subsidiary was acquired or from whom such Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), made as part of such acquisition and in each case comprising all or a portion of the consideration in respect of such sale or acquisition;
(q) from and after the Xxxx Las Vegas Reorganization, the transfer or sale or disposition of any Aircraft Assets; and
(r) any transfer of Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary or any Gaming Facility in connection with the occurrence of a Trigger Event. To the extent any Collateral is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of as permitted by this Section 10.05 or in connection with a transaction approved by the Required Lenders, in each case, to a Person other than a Credit Party, so long as no Event of Default exists, such Collateral (unless sold to Borrower or a Guarantor) shall, except as set forth in the proviso to Section 10.05(h), be sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of free and clear of the Liens created by the Security Documents, and Collateral Agent shall take all actions appropriate or reasonably requested by Borrower in order to effect the foregoing at the sole cost and expense of Borrower and without recourse or warranty by Collateral Agent (including the execution and delivery of appropriate UCC termination statements and such other instruments and releases as may be necessary and appropriate to effect such release). To the extent any such sale, transfer or other disposition results in a Guarantor no longer constituting a Subsidiary of Borrower, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Obligations of such Guarantor and all obligations of such Guarantor under the Credit Documents shall terminate and be of no further force and effect, and each of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent shall take such actions, at the sole expense of Borrower, as are appropriate or requested by Borrower in connection with such termination.
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, including effected pursuant to a Delaware LLC Division) 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 the Company or 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) (i) any disposal by the Company or any Subsidiary of an asset or other property in the ordinary course of the Company’s or Subsidiary’s business, (ii) any acquisition (in one or a series of transactions) by any Loan Party or Subsidiary of all or any substantial part of the assets or other property of any other person, so long as such acquisition is in the ordinary course of such Loan Party’s or Subsidiary’s business, or (iii) the sale of Permitted Investments by any Loan Party or Subsidiary, so long as such sale is in the ordinary course of such Loan Party’s or Subsidiary’s business;
(b) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, (i) the merger of any Subsidiary (other than the Co-Borrower) into a Borrower in a transaction in which such Borrower is the survivor, (ii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary (other than the Co-Borrower) into or with any Subsidiary Guarantor in a transaction in which the surviving or resulting entity is a Subsidiary Guarantor, and, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), no person other than a Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor receives any consideration, (iii) the merger or consolidation of any Subsidiary (other than the Co-Borrower) that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor into or with any other Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, (iv) the liquidation or dissolution or change in form of entity of any Subsidiary (other than a Borrower) if the Company determines in good faith that such liquidation, dissolution or change in form is in the best interests of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to Lenders, (v) any disposition to effect the formation of any Subsidiary that is a Delaware Divided LLC and would otherwise not be prohibited hereunder; provided that any disposition or other allocation of any assets (including any equity interests of such Delaware Divided LLC) in connection therewith is otherwise permitted hereunder or (vi) any Subsidiary (other than the Co-Borrower) may merge with any other person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.04 so long as the continuing or surviving person shall be a Subsidiary, which shall be a Loan Party if the merging Subsidiary was a Loan Party and which together with each of their Subsidiaries shall have complied with the requirements of Section 5.10;
(c) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to any Loan Party or by any Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor or the Co-Borrower to any other Subsidiary, including without limitation, a Permitted Vessel Transfer;
(d) Sale and Lease-Back Transactions permitted by Section 6.03;
(e) Investments permitted by Section 6.04, Permitted Liens, and dividends, distributions and other payments permitted by Section 6.06;
(f) the sale of defaulted receivables in the ordinary course of business and not as part of an accounts receivables financing transaction;
(g) sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions of assets not otherwise permitted by this Section 6.05 (or required to be included in this clause (g) pursuant to Section 6.05(c)); provided, that the Net Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b);
(h) Permitted Business Acquisitions (including any merger or consolidation in order to effect a Permitted Business Acquisition); provided, that following any such merger or consolidation involving a Borrower, such Borrower is the surviving corporation;
(i) leases, charters or licenses (on a non-exclusive basis with respect to intellectual property), or subleases or sublicenses (on a non-exclusive basis with respect to intellectual property), of any property in the ordinary course of business;
(j) sales, leases or other dispositions of inventory of the Company or any Subsidiary determined by the management of the Company to be no longer useful or necessary in the operation of the business of any Loan Party or Subsidiary; provided that the Net Proceeds thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b);
(k) acquisitions and purchases made with the proceeds of any Asset Sale pursuant to the first proviso of paragraph (a) of the definition of “Net Proceeds”;
(l) [reserved];
(m) any exchange of assets for services and/or other assets of comparable or greater value; provided that (i) at least [*]% of the consideration received by the transferor consists of assets that will be used in a business or business activity permitted hereunder, (ii) in the event of an exchange with a fair market value in excess of the greater of (x) $[*] and (y) [*]% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such exchange for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04, the Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Company with respect to such fair market value and (iii) in the event of an exchange with a fair market value in excess of the greater of (x) $[*] and (y) [*]% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such exchange for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04, such exchange shall have been approved by at least a majority of the board of directors of the Company; provided, further, that (A) the aggregate gross consideration (including exchange assets, other non-cash consideration and cash proceeds) of any or all assets exchanged in reliance upon this paragraph (m) shall not exceed, in any fiscal year of the Company, the greater of $[*] and [*]% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such incurrence for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04, (B) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, (C) with respect to any such exchange with aggregate gross consideration in excess of the greater of (x) $[*] and (y) [*]% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of such exchange for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04, immediately after giving effect thereto, the Company shall be in Pro Forma Compliance, and (D) the Net Proceeds, if any, thereof are applied in accordance with Section 2.11(b);
(n) any disposition of any assets owned by any New Vessel Subsidiary or of any Vessel that is not a Mortgaged Vessel; and
(o) disposals of cash raised or borrowed for the purposes for which such cash was raised or borrowed. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 6.05 above, (i) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by this Section 6.05 (other than sales, transfers, leases or other dispositions to Loan Parties pursuant to paragraph (c) hereof) unless such disposition is for fair market value, (ii) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by paragraph (a) or (d) of this Section 6.05 unless such disposition is for at least 75% cash consideration and (iii) no sale, transfer or other disposition of assets shall be permitted by paragraph (g) of this Section 6.05 unless such disposition is for at least 75% cash consideration; provided that the provisions of clause (ii) or (iii) shall not apply to any individual transaction or series of related transactions involving assets with a fair market value of less than $[*] or to other transactions involving assets with a fair market value of not more than the greater of $[*] and [*]% of Consolidated Total Assets in the aggregate for all such transactions during the term of this Agreement; provided, further, that for purposes of clause (iii), (a) the amount of any secured Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary or other Indebtedness of a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party (as shown on the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto) that is assumed by the transferee of any such assets shall be deemed to be cash, (b) any notes or other obligations or other securities or assets received by the Company or such Subsidiary from the transferee that are converted by the Company or such Subsidiary into cash within 180 days after receipt thereof (to the extent of the cash received) shall be deemed to be cash and (c) any Designated Non-Cash Consideration received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries having an aggregate fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Company), taken together with all other Designated Non-Cash Consideration received pursuant to this clause (c) that is at that time outstanding, not to exceed the greater of $[*] million and [*]% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the end of the fiscal quarter immediately prior to the date of receipt of such Designated Non-Cash Consideration for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 5.04 (with the fair market value of each item of Designated Non-Cash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) shall be deemed to be cash.
Consolidations, Mergers and Sales of Assets No Loan Party will, nor will it permit any Subsidiary of a Loan Party to, consolidate or merge with or into, or sell, lease or otherwise transfer all or any substantial part of its assets to, any other Person, or discontinue or eliminate any business line or segment, provided that (a) a Loan Party may merge with another Person if (i) such Person was organized under the laws of the United States of America or one of its states, (ii) the Loan Party is the corporation surviving such merger, (iii) immediately after giving effect to such merger, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (iv) if the Borrower merges with another Loan Party, the Borrower is the corporation surviving such merger, (b) Subsidiaries of a Loan Party (excluding Loan Parties) may merge with one another, (c) a Loan Party (other than the Borrower or an Eligible Guarantor) may transfer all or any part of its assets to another Loan Party, (d) a Loan Party may sell Inventory in the ordinary course of business and for fair value, and (e) the foregoing limitation on the sale, lease or other transfer of assets and on the discontinuation or elimination of a business line or segment shall not prohibit, during any Fiscal Quarter, a transfer of assets or the discontinuance or elimination of a business line or segment (in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions) unless the aggregate assets to be so transferred or utilized in a business line or segment to be so discontinued, when combined with all other assets transferred (excluding assets transferred under Sections 5.17(d)), and all other assets utilized in all other business lines or segments discontinued, during such Fiscal Quarter and the immediately preceding three Fiscal Quarters have a fair market value or book value whichever is greater (determined with respect to each such asset transferred or discontinued) of more than $20,000,000.
Sales, Etc. of Assets Sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or cause or permit any Subsidiary of the Borrower to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, any assets, or grant any option or other right to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any assets, except (i) sales in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) dispositions of assets required to be sold to comply with Applicable Laws, (iii) dispositions of short-term, readily marketable investments purchased for cash management purposes with funds not representing the proceeds of other asset sales, (iv) sales, leases, transfers or dispositions of assets to any Person that is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower that in the aggregate during any 12-month period do not exceed 10% of the Consolidated Assets of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, whether in one transaction or a series of transactions, provided that any such sales, leases, transfers or dispositions will be disregarded for purposes of such 10% limitation (and, for the avoidance of doubt, be deemed to be permitted hereunder) if the net proceeds thereof, within 18 months of such sale, lease, transfer or disposition, as applicable, are (A) used to retire Debt of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Debt that is subordinated to the Debt hereunder) or (B) invested in assets in similar or related lines of business (including geographic extensions thereof) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the Closing Date, (v) sales, leases, transfers and dispositions made to the Borrower or a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower and (vi) a disposition by the Borrower of all or substantially all of its assets to any Person so long as the requirements set forth in Section 5.02(b) are satisfied as if such disposition were a merger or consolidation in which the Borrower is not the surviving entity.
Mergers and Sales of Assets Such Borrower shall not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey, transfer or lease (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, unless:
Xxxxxx, Sale of Assets, etc If the Borrower at any time shall consolidate with or merge into or sell or convey all or substantially all its assets to any other corporation, this Note, as to the unpaid principal portion thereof and accrued interest thereon, shall thereafter be deemed to evidence the right to purchase such number and kind of shares or other securities and property as would have been issuable or distributable on account of such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance, upon or with respect to the securities subject to the conversion or purchase right immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance. The foregoing provision shall similarly apply to successive transactions of a similar nature by any such successor or purchaser. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the anti-dilution provisions of this Section shall apply to such securities of such successor or purchaser after any such consolidation, merger, sale or conveyance.
Sale of Assets, Etc (a) Subject to the penultimate paragraph of this clause (a), the Company will not and will not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to make any Transfer, provided that the foregoing restriction does not apply to a Transfer if:
(i) the property that is the subject of such Transfer constitutes (A) inventory, (B) equipment, fixtures, supplies or materials no longer required in the operation of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries or that is obsolete or (C) checks, drafts, money orders or other instruments with respect to accounts receivable that are to be collected in the ordinary course of business, and, in each case, such Transfer is in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) such Transfer is (A) from a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary or (B) from the Company to a Wholly-Owned Restricted Subsidiary;
(iii) such Transfer is subject to Section 11.2 and satisfies the requirements thereof; or
(iv) such Transfer is not a Transfer described in clause (i) through clause (iii) above, and all of the following conditions shall have been satisfied with respect to such Transfer (each such Transfer is referred to as a "Basket Transfer"):
(A) in the good faith opinion of the Board of Directors of the Company, the Transfer is in exchange for consideration with a Fair Market Value at least equal to the greater of book value or the Fair Market Value of the property exchanged, is in the best interests of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, and is not detrimental to the interests of the holders of Notes,
(B) immediately after giving effect to such transaction no Default or Event of Default would exist, and
(C) immediately after giving effect to such Transfer,
(I) the book value of all property that was the subject of any Basket Transfer occurring during the period beginning with the date that is 12 calendar months preceding the first day of the month in which such Basket Transfer occurred and ending on the date of such Basket Transfer does not exceed 10% of Consolidated Tangible Net Assets determined as of the end of the then most recently fiscal year of the Company ended prior to such period, and
(II) the Operating Income Contribution Percentage of all property that was the subject of any Basket Transfer occurring during the period beginning with the date that is 12 calendar months preceding the first day of the month in which such Basket Transfer occurred and ending on the date of such Basket Transfer does not exceed 10%. For purposes of determining the book value of any property that is the subject of a Transfer, such book value shall be the book value of such property, as determined in accordance with GAAP, at the time of the consummation of such Transfer, provided that, in the case of a Transfer of any capital stock or other equity interests of a Subsidiary, as provided in Section 11.9(b), the book value thereof shall be deemed to be an amount equal to
Sale of Assets; Merger and Consolidation Subject to right of Shareholders, if any, to vote pursuant to Section 6.1, the Trustees may cause (i) the Trust or one or more of its Portfolios to the extent consistent with applicable law to sell all or substantially all of its assets to, or be merged into or consolidated with, another Portfolio, statutory trust (or series thereof) or Company (or series thereof), (ii) the Shares of the Trust or any Portfolio (or Class) to be converted into beneficial interests in another statutory trust (or series thereof) created pursuant to this Section 9.4, (iii) the Shares of any Class to be converted into another Class of the same Portfolio, or (iv) the Shares to be exchanged under or pursuant to any state or federal statute to the extent permitted by law. In all respects not governed by statute or applicable law, the Trustees shall have power to prescribe the procedure necessary or appropriate to accomplish a sale of assets, merger or consolidation including the power to create one or more separate statutory trusts to which all or any part of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses of the Trust may be transferred and to provide for the conversion of Shares of the Trust or any Portfolio (or Class) into beneficial interests in such separate statutory trust or trusts (or series or class thereof).
Sale of Assets The Company or the Bank sells to a third party all or substantially all of its assets.
