CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc.,
Merger, Consolidation or Sale of All or Substantially All Assets (a) The Company may not consolidate or merge with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its consolidated properties or assets taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
(1) the Company is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made, is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); provided that in the case where the surviving Person is not a corporation, a co-obligor of the Notes is a corporation;
(2) the Successor Company, if other than the Company, expressly assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the Security Documents pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments;
(3) immediately after such transaction, no Default exists;
(4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period,
(A) the Successor Company or the Company would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Test, or
(B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company would be greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company immediately prior to such transaction;
(5) each Guarantor, unless it is a Subsidiary Guarantor that is the other party to the transactions described above, in which case clause (1) of Section 5.01(b) hereof shall apply, shall have by supplemental indenture confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to such Person’s obligations under this Indenture, the Notes and the Security Documents; and
(6) the Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation or transfer and such supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture.
(b) The Successor Company will succeed to, and be substituted for the Company under this Indenture and the Notes. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
(1) any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary,
(2) any Subsidiary Guarantor may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into or transfer all or part of its properties and assets to the Company or a Subsidiary Guarantor (or to a Restricted Subsidiary if that Restricted Subsidiary becomes a Subsidiary Guarantor); and
(3) the Company may transfer all or part of its property or assets to a Subsidiary Guarantor. Notwithstanding clauses (3) and (4) of Section 5.01(a) hereof,
(1) the Company may merge with an Affiliate of the Company solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in the United States, the District of Columbia or any territory thereof so long as the amount of Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries is not increased thereby; and
(2) Holdings may consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into the Company; provided that if the Company has a new direct holding company parent following such consolidation, amalgamation or consolidation that guarantees the Senior Credit Facilities, such parent company will, within 30 days of such guarantee, become a guarantor of the Notes on the same terms as Holdings.
Merger or Consolidation Transfer of Assets If the Owner Trustee merges or consolidates with, or transfers its corporate trust business or assets to, any Person, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person will be the successor Owner Trustee so long as that Person is qualified and eligible under Section 9.1. The Owner Trustee will (i) notify the Issuer and the Administrator (who will notify the Rating Agencies) of the merger or consolidation within 15 Business Days of the event and (ii) file a certificate of amendment to the Certificate of Trust as required by Section 9.3(e).
Deed; Xxxx of Sale; Assignment To the extent required and permitted by applicable law, this Agreement shall also constitute a “deed,” “xxxx of sale” or “assignment” of the assets and interests referenced herein.
Sale and Transfer of Assets On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, the Sellers shall sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to Purchaser and Purchaser shall purchase, acquire and accept from the Sellers free and clear of any Liens, other than Permitted Liens, all of the Sellers' right, title and interest at the Closing in and to all of the properties, assets and rights of every kind and description, whether accrued, contingent or otherwise, exclusively related to or exclusively used or held for use in connection with the Business (other than the Excluded Assets), including all assets (other than Excluded Assets) that may have been acquired by the Sellers for use exclusively in connection with the Business between the date hereof and the Closing Date (which shall be collectively referred to herein as the "Purchased Assets"), except for any such assets which may be disposed of, or sold or consumed prior to the Closing Date in the ordinary course of business. The Purchased Assets shall include, without limitation, all of the Sellers' right, title and interest at the Closing in and to all the following (except to the extent they constitute Excluded Assets):
(a) all Intellectual Property owned or licensed by each Seller and used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business as set forth on Schedule 2.1(a);
(b) all Contracts (other than Excluded Contracts) used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business as set forth on Schedule 2.1(b) to which each Seller is a party (collectively, the "Assumed Contracts");
(c) all rights of each Seller in and to the real property leases used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business, together with all fixtures and other improvements thereon ("Leases"), including the Leases as set forth on Schedule 2.1(c);
(d) all accounts receivable, trade receivables and other amounts owing from customers and clients of each Seller;
(e) all books, records, customer lists, vendor lists, supplier lists, cost and pricing information, business plans, quality control records and manuals, blueprints, research and development files, used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business;
(f) all personal computers, computer hardware and software of each Seller used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business;
(g) all inventory used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business, including without limitation, goods, goods-in-transit, supplies, containers, packaging materials, raw materials, work-in-progress, finished goals, samples and other consumables of each Seller;
(h) all Permits of each Seller used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business set forth on Schedule 2.1(h);
(i) all tangible personal property, including all machinery, vehicles, tools, equipment, furnishings, office equipment, communications equipment, storage tanks, fixtures, furniture, spare and replacement parts, fuel and other tangible property used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business owned or leased by each Seller, including without limitation, as set forth on Schedule 2.1(i);
(j) all sales support, sales collateral, promotional materials, advertising materials and productions, sales and marketing files (whether in print or electronic format) including all past and present promotion copy and promotion copy data bases, web images, web copy, and advertising and direct marketing materials of each Seller used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business;
(k) all rights, claims (other than Post-Closing Claims), credits, causes of action or rights of set-off against third parties relating exclusively to the Business or affecting any of the Purchased Assets, including, to the extent transferable, claims pursuant to under any manufacturer's warranties, representations and guarantees made by suppliers, manufactures, contractors and other third parties in connection with products or services purchased by or furnished to either Seller used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business or affecting any of the Purchased Assets;
(l) all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of Hanford LLC and all of the capital stock of FWENC Massachusetts and FWENC Ohio;
(m) all prepaid items and advance payments including, without limitation, credits, charges and prepaid expenses of each Seller used in or relating exclusively to the conduct of the Business and all loans and other advances owing by each Transferred Employee to either Seller, but excluding any cash, cash equivalents and other short term investments of the Sellers and their Subsidiaries;
(n) all cash security deposits and xxxxxxx deposits placed with each Seller and with each of its Subsidiaries for the performance of an Assumed Contract or agreement which otherwise constitute a portion of the Purchased Assets;
(o) to the extent available, all lists of present customers of the Business, all accounts receivable and notes receivable together with any unpaid interest or fees accrued thereon, or other amounts due with respect thereto of each Seller and any security or collateral therefore including recoverable advances and deposits; and
(p) the Business as a going concern, including goodwill.
Transfer of the Property Any sale, lease, conveyance, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, or transfer of all or any part of the Property or any interest therein, voluntarily or involuntarily, whether by operation of law or otherwise, except: (i) sales or transfers of items of the Accessories which have become obsolete or worn beyond practical use and which have been replaced by adequate substitutes, owned by Mortgagor, having a value equal to or greater than the replaced items when new; and (ii) the grant, in the ordinary course of business, of a leasehold interest in a part of the Improvements to a tenant for occupancy, not containing a right or option to purchase and not in contravention of any provision of this Mortgage or of any other Loan Document. Mortgagee may, in its sole discretion, waive a default under this paragraph, but it shall have no obligation to do so, and any waiver may be conditioned upon such one or more of the following (if any) which Mortgagee may require: the grantee’s integrity, reputation, character, creditworthiness and management ability being satisfactory to Mortgagee in its sole judgment and grantee executing, prior to such sale or transfer, a written assumption agreement containing such terms as Mortgagee may require, a principal paydown on the Note, an increase in the rate of interest payable under the Note, a transfer fee, a modification of the term of the Note, and any other modification of the Loan Documents which Mortgagee may require. NOTICE - THE DEBT SECURED HEREBY IS SUBJECT TO CALL IN FULL IN THE EVENT OF SALE OR CONVEYANCE OF THE PROPERTY CONVEYED.
Assignment; Change of Control 10.3.1 Except as provided in this Section 10.3, this Agreement may not be assigned or otherwise transferred, nor may any right or obligation hereunder be assigned or transferred, by either Party without the consent of the other Party, such consent not be unreasonably withheld. Any permitted assignee under this Agreement shall assume in writing all assigned obligations of its assignor under this Agreement. All validly assigned rights of a Party shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by, and all validly assigned obligations of such Party shall be binding on and enforceable against, each permitted assignee of such Party; provided that such Party shall remain jointly and severally liable for the performance of the assigned obligations under this Agreement. Any attempted assignment not in accordance with this Section 10.3 shall be void.
10.3.2 Astellas may, without Ambit’s consent, assign this Agreement and all its rights and obligations hereunder in whole (but not in part) to an Astellas Affiliate, or to Astellas’s successor in interest (whether by acquisition, merger, reorganization, restructuring, asset purchase or otherwise) to all or substantially all the business or assets to which this Agreement relates. In addition, Astellas may, without Ambit’s consent, perform any or all of its obligations and exercise any or all of its rights under this Agreement through any of Astellas’s Affiliates.
10.3.3 Ambit may, without Astellas’s consent, assign this Agreement and all its rights and obligations hereunder in whole (but not in part) to Ambit’s successor in interest (whether by acquisition, merger, reorganization, restructuring, asset purchase or otherwise) to all or substantially all the business or assets to which this Agreement relates; provided, however, that Ambit shall notify Astellas promptly upon the completion of any such transaction. Further, upon any Change of Control of Ambit, Astellas shall have the right, at its sole discretion upon thirty (30) days prior written notice at any time within three (3) months after completion of such a Change of Control of Ambit, to exercise one or more of the following options:
(a) Terminate any existing Co-Promotion Option that has not been exercised prior to the date of such Astellas termination;
(b) Terminate any existing Co-Promotion Agreement, provided however that in the event of a termination of any applicable Co-Promotion Agreement existing as of the date of Astellas’s termination in accordance with this Section 10.3.3 based on a Change of Control of Ambit, the following shall apply from and after the effective date of such termination event(s):
(i) The applicable Product(s) shall no longer constitute a Co-Promoted Product(s) under this Agreement, except that (A) the Parties shall be required to pay to one another Co-Promotion Payments in accordance with Section 3.8.5 with the applicable financial terms and conditions of this Agreement applied for purposes of calculating such payments as if such Product(s) were a Co-Promoted Product(s) hereunder; and (B) such Product(s) shall continue to be treated as a Co-Promoted Product(s) for purposes of Article 7 (including for purposes of applying defined terms used in Article 7 to give effect to the provisions thereof);
(ii) Notwithstanding any other term or condition of this Agreement to the contrary, Allowed Expenses for purposes of determining such Co-Promotion Payments shall be deemed to include any and all costs (internal and out-of-pocket), whether direct or indirect, incurred to build, maintain and operate Astellas’s, its Related Party’s or subcontractors’s sales force(s) in the U.S. for the Product(s) that was the subject of the Co-Promotion Agreement, and to use such sales force(s) to Promote the Product(s) in the U.S., including any such amounts incurred to provide, support and maintain sales force managers for such sales force(s);
(iii) Without limitation to the foregoing, for purposes of calculating Co-Promotion Payments, (A) any requirement that Allowed Expenses be incurred in accordance with any budget shall not apply, (B) Sections 3.8 and 3.9 shall have no further force or effect, and, for clarity, (x) Astellas shall not be under any obligations to prepare or present for Ambit’s review any Co-Promotion Plan, (y) the JCC shall be terminated, and (z) Astellas shall have no obligations to continue providing to Ambit information with respect to commercialization activities for the U.S., and (C) Astellas shall have sole control over all commercialization matters in the U.S., except that Astellas shall provide to Ambit summary reports each Calendar Quarter with respect to its commercialization activities in the U.S;
(iv) For clarity, nothing contained herein is intended or shall be construed to be in derogation of Astellas’s obligations to use Commercially Reasonable Efforts to commercialize the applicable Product(s) in the U.S. as required pursuant to Section 3.6.1, or Ambit’s right to conduct audits pursuant to Section 4.6;
Estoppel Certificate or Subordination Agreement Tenant fails to execute any document required from Tenant under Sections 23 or 27 within 5 days after a second notice requesting such document.
Reassignment and Transfer Terms The Investor Certificates shall be subject to retransfer to the Seller at its option, in accordance with the terms specified in subsection 12.02(a), on any Distribution Date on or after the Distribution Date on which the Investor Interest is reduced to an amount less than or equal to 5% of the Initial Investor Interest. The deposit required in connection with any such repurchase shall include the amount, if any, on deposit in the Principal Funding Account and will be equal to the sum of (a) the Investor Interest and (b) accrued and unpaid interest on the Investor Certificates through the day preceding the Distribution Date on which the repurchase occurs.
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, TRANSFER OF ASSETS Merge into or consolidate with any other entity; make any substantial change in the nature of Borrower's business as conducted as of the date hereof; acquire all or substantially all of the assets of any other entity; nor sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or a substantial or material portion of Borrower's assets except in the ordinary course of its business.
