Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets; Acquisitions Enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation, or liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) or convey, sell, lease or license, exchange, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any part of its business, assets or property of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed, or acquire by purchase or otherwise (other than purchases or other acquisitions of inventory, materials and equipment and Consolidated Capital Expenditures in the ordinary course of business) all or substantially all of the assets of, all of the Equity Interests of, or a business line or unit or a division of, any Person, except:
(i) any Group Member may be merged or consolidated with or into any other Group Member, or be liquidated, wound up or dissolved, or all or any part of its business, assets or property may be conveyed, sold, leased, transferred or otherwise disposed of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, to any other Group Member; provided, that (x) in the case of a merger or consolidation of a Group Member that is not a Loan Party with or into a Borrower or Guarantor, such Borrower or such Guarantor, as applicable, shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (y) in the case of a merger or consolidation of a Guarantor with or into another Guarantor, a Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person and (z) in the case of a merger or consolidation of a Guarantor with or into a Borrower, such Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge with any other person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 6.06 so long as the continuing or surviving person shall be a Restricted Subsidiary, which shall be a Loan Party if the merging Restricted Subsidiary was a Loan Party and which together with each of its Restricted Subsidiaries shall have complied with the requirements of Section 5.12, 5.13 and 5.14, as applicable and if such transaction involves the U.S. Borrower, the U.S. Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(b) any Group Member (other than the U.S. Borrower in the case of a disposition of all of its assets) may dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to a Borrower or any other Loan Party, and any Group Member that is not a Loan Party may dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to another Group Member that is not a Loan Party;
(c) sales or other dispositions of assets that do not constitute Asset Sales;
(i) Asset Sales, the proceeds of which (valued at the principal amount thereof in the case of non-cash proceeds consisting of notes or other debt Securities and valued at fair market value in the case of other non-cash proceeds) when aggregated with the proceeds of all other Asset Sales made pursuant to this clause (d)(i) in any Fiscal Year, are less than (x) 2.0% of Consolidated Total Assets plus (y) an amount equal to any unutilized portion of the amount permitted under subclause (x) for any preceding Fiscal Year; provided that in no event shall the proceeds of any Asset Sale, when aggregated with the proceeds of all other Asset Sales made pursuant to this clause (d)(i) in any Fiscal Year, exceed 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets; and (ii) the Asset Sale described on Schedule 6.08(d); provided that, in the case of each of clause (i) and (ii), (1) the consideration received for such assets shall be in an amount at least equal to the fair market value thereof (determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the U.S. Borrower (or a duly authorized committee thereof)), (2) except in the case of any Asset Sale to any Restricted Subsidiary, no less than 75.0% thereof shall be paid in cash or Cash Equivalents, and (3) except in the case of any Asset Sale to any Restricted Subsidiary, the Net Cash Proceeds thereof shall be applied as required by Section 2.14(a);
(e) any Group Member may sell or discount, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business (x) which are overdue, or (y) which such Group Member may reasonably determine are difficult to collect but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with prudent business practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of receivables);
(f) any Group Member may enter into licenses or sublicenses of Software, Trademarks and other Intellectual Property and general intangibles in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Group Members taken as a whole;
(i) any disposition of Securitization Assets to a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing and (ii) any disposition of accounts receivable in connection with receivables factoring arrangements in the ordinary course of business;
(h) dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents;
(i) Permitted Acquisitions; provided, that in respect of acquisitions of Persons which do not become Loan Parties or of assets which are not acquired by Loan Parties, the consideration for such Persons or assets shall not exceed an aggregate amount of 5.0% of Consolidated Total Assets over the term of this Agreement; and
(i) Permitted Sale and Lease-Backs and (ii) Sale and Lease-Backs otherwise permitted by Section 6.10(ii), provided that the Net Cash Proceeds of Sale and Lease-Backs (other than Permitted Sale and Lease-Backs) shall be applied as required by Section 2.14(a); provided, further, that, the case of clause (ii), the net proceeds received by the applicable Group Member are at least equal to the fair market value of such asset or Investment (as determined by the U.S. Borrower’s Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof));
(k) sales or other dispositions of the Equity Interests of, or other ownership interests in or assets or property, including Indebtedness, or other securities of, any Joint Venture (including the China JV); provided that, in each case, the net proceeds received by the applicable Group Member are at least equal to the fair market value of such asset or Investment (as determined by the U.S. Borrower’s Board of Directors (or a duly authorized committee thereof);
(l) any lease, assignment or sublease in the ordinary course of business which does not materially interfere with the business of the Group Members taken as a whole; and
(m) Investments made in accordance with Section 6.06 and Restricted Payments made in accordance with Section 6.04.
Fundamental Changes; Disposition of Assets The Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction of merger, consolidation or amalgamation, consummate a Division as the Dividing Person, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve themselves (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or otherwise make any Disposition of any assets, except:
(a) (i) any Restricted Subsidiary may be merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) any Restricted Subsidiary may consummate a Division as the Dividing Person if, immediately upon the consummation of the Division, the assets of the applicable Dividing Person are held by one or more Subsidiaries at such time, or, with respect to assets not so held by one or more Subsidiaries, such Division, in the aggregate, would otherwise result in a Disposition permitted by Section 6.07 (other than Section 6.07(a); provided that (A) in the case of any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into the Borrower, (1) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person or (2) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation is not the Borrower (any such Person, the “Successor Borrower”), (x) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the law of the U.S., any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (y) the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume the Obligations of the Borrower in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and (z) except as the Administrative Agent may otherwise agree, each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, shall have executed and delivered a reaffirmation agreement with respect to its obligations under the Loan Guaranty and the other Loan Documents; it being understood and agreed that if the foregoing conditions under clauses (x) through (z) are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and (B) in the case of any such merger or Division, consolidation or amalgamation with or into the Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, either (1) the Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving Person or the continuing or surviving Person shall expressly assume the obligations of the Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or (2) the relevant transaction shall be treated as an Investment and shall comply with Section 6.06;
(b) Dispositions (including of Capital Stock) among the Borrower and/or any Restricted Subsidiary (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) (including as a result of a Division);
(i) the liquidation or dissolution of any Restricted Subsidiary if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower, is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary receives any assets of the relevant dissolved or liquidated Restricted Subsidiary; provided that in the case of any liquidation or dissolution of any Loan Party that results in a distribution of assets to any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, such distribution shall be treated as an Investment and shall comply with Section 6.06 (other than in reliance on clause (j) thereof); (ii) any merger or Division, amalgamation, dissolution, liquidation or consolidation, the purpose of which is to effect (A) any Disposition otherwise permitted under this Section 6.07 (other than clause (a), clause (b) or this clause (c)) or (B) any Investment permitted under Section 6.06; and (iii) the conversion of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary into another form of entity, so long as such conversion does not adversely affect the value of the Loan Guaranty or Collateral, if any;
(d) (x) Dispositions of obsolete, damaged or worn out property or assets, inventory, equipment and other assets in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the management of the Borrower), and property or assets no longer used or useful in the ordinary course or the principal business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) and (y) the leasing or subleasing of real property in the ordinary course of business;
(e) Dispositions of surplus, obsolete, used or worn out property or other property that, in the reasonable judgment of the Borrower, is (A) no longer useful in its business (or in the business of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower) or (B) otherwise economically impracticable to maintain;
(f) Dispositions of Cash and/or Cash Equivalents and/or other assets that were Cash Equivalents when the relevant original Investment was made;
(g) Dispositions, mergers, Divisions, amalgamations, consolidations or conveyances that constitute (w) Investments permitted pursuant to Section 6.06 (other than Section 6.06(j)), (x) Permitted Liens and (y) Restricted Payments permitted by Section 6.04(a) (other than Section 6.04(a)(ix));
(h) Dispositions for fair market value; provided that with respect to any such Disposition involving assets with a purchase price in excess of the greater of $45,000,000 and 0.35% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis, at least 75% of the consideration for such Disposition shall consist of Cash or Cash Equivalents (provided that for purposes of the 75% Cash consideration requirement, (w) the amount of any Indebtedness or other liabilities (other than Indebtedness or other liabilities that are subordinated to the Obligations or that are owed to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (as shown on such Person’s most recent balance sheet or statement of financial position (or in the notes thereto)) that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets and for which the Borrower and/or its applicable Restricted Subsidiary have been validly released by all relevant creditors in writing, (x) the amount of any trade-in value applied to the purchase price of any replacement assets acquired in connection with such Disposition, (y) any Securities received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by such Person into Cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the Cash or Cash Equivalents received) within 180 days following the closing of the applicable Disposition and (z) 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 (z) that is at that time outstanding, not in excess of the greater of $105,000,000 and 0.75% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period, in each case, shall be deemed to be Cash); provided, further, that (x) on the date on which the agreement governing such Disposition is executed, no Event of Default under Section 7.01(a), (f) or (g) exists and (y) the Net Proceeds of such Disposition shall be applied and/or reinvested as (and to the extent) required by Section 2.11(b)(ii);
(i) to the extent that (i) the relevant property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property or (ii) the proceeds of the relevant Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property;
(j) 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;
(k) Dispositions of notes receivable or accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business (including any discount and/or forgiveness thereof) or in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;
(l) Dispositions and/or terminations of leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses (including the provision of software under any open source license), (i) the Disposition or termination of which will not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) which relate to closed facilities or the discontinuation of any product line;
(i) any termination of any lease in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any expiration of any option agreement in respect of real or personal property and (iii) any surrender or waiver of contractual rights or the settlement, release or surrender of contractual rights or litigation claims (including in tort) in the ordinary course of business;
(n) Dispositions of property subject to foreclosure, casualty, eminent domain or condemnation proceedings (including in lieu thereof or any similar proceeding);
(o) Dispositions or consignments of equipment, inventory or other assets (including leasehold interests in real property) with respect to facilities that are temporarily not in use, held for sale or closed;
(p) Dispositions of Real Estate Investments in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Borrower);
(q) Disposition of any assets (i) acquired in a acquisition or other investment permitted hereunder, which assets are (x) not used or useful in the ordinary course or the principal business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (y) non-core assets or unnecessary to the business or operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) made in connection with the approval of any applicable antitrust authority or otherwise necessary or advisable in the good faith determination of the Borrower to consummate any acquisition permitted hereunder;
(r) exchanges or swaps, including transactions covered by Section 1031 of the Code (or any comparable provision of any foreign jurisdiction), of assets so long as any such exchange or swap is made for fair value (as reasonably determined by the Borrower) for like assets; provided that, upon the consummation of any such exchange or swap by any Loan Party, to the extent the assets received do not constitute an Excluded Asset, the Administrative Agent has a perfected Lien with the same priority as the Lien held on the Real Estate Assets so exchanged or swapped;
(s) [reserved];
(i) licensing, sublicensing and cross-licensing arrangements involving any IP Rights of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business and (ii) Dispositions, abandonments, cancellations or lapses of IP Rights, or issuances or registrations, or applications for issuances or registrations, of IP Rights, which, in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower, are not material to the conduct of the business of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, or are no longer economical to maintain in light of its use;
(u) terminations or unwinds of Derivative Transactions;
(v) Dispositions of Capital Stock of, or sales of Indebtedness or other Securities of, Unrestricted Subsidiaries;
(w) [reserved];
(x) Dispositions made to comply with any order of any Governmental Authority or any applicable Requirement of Law;
(y) any merger, consolidation, Disposition or conveyance the sole purpose of which is to reincorporate or reorganize (i) any Domestic Subsidiary in another jurisdiction in the U.S. and/or (ii) any Foreign Subsidiary in the U.S. or any other jurisdiction;
(z) any sale of motor vehicles and information technology equipment purchased at the end of an operating lease and resold thereafter;
(aa) Dispositions involving assets having a fair market value (as reasonably determined by the Borrower at the time of the relevant Disposition) of not more than the greater of $50,000,000 and 0.36% of Consolidated Total Assets as of the last day of the most recently ended Test Period calculated on a Pro Forma Basis in any Fiscal Year, which, if not used in such Fiscal Year, shall be carried forward to succeeding Fiscal Years;
(bb) so long as the Borrower would be in compliance with Section 6.13(a) on a Pro Forma Basis, any Disposition of Securitization Assets to a Securitization Subsidiary; provided, that such Disposition shall be for no less than the fair market value of such property at the time of such Disposition as determined by the Borrower in good faith; and
(cc) any Disposition of Securitization Assets (other than to a Securitization Subsidiary) or related assets in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing. To the extent that any Collateral is Disposed of as expressly permitted by this Section 6.07 to any Person other than a Loan Party, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents, which Liens shall be automatically released upon the consummation of such Disposition; it being understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall be authorized to take, and shall take, any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing in accordance with Article 8 hereof.
Consolidation, Merger or Sale or Transfer of Assets, Cash Flow or Earning Power (a) In the event that, following the Stock Acquisition Date, directly or indirectly, (x) the Company shall consolidate with, or merge with and into, any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), and the Company shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger, (y) any Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company in a transaction which complies with Section 11(o) hereof) shall consolidate with, or merge with or into, the Company, and the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation of such consolidation or merger and, in connection with such consolidation or merger, all or part of the outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be changed into or exchanged for stock or other securities of any other Person or cash or any other property, or (z) the Company shall sell or otherwise transfer (or one or more of its Subsidiaries shall sell or otherwise transfer), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, assets, cash flow or earning power aggregating more than 50% of the assets, cash flow or earning power of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) to any Person or Persons (other than the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company in one or more transactions each of which complies with Section 11(o) hereof), then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that: (i) each holder of a Right, except as provided in Section 7(e) hereof, shall thereafter have the right to receive, upon the exercise thereof at the then current Purchase Price in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such number of validly authorized and issued, fully paid, non-assessable and freely tradeable shares of Common Stock of the Principal Party (as such term is hereinafter defined), not subject to any liens, encumbrances, rights of first refusal or other adverse claims, as shall be equal to the result obtained by (1) multiplying the then current Purchase Price by the number of one one-thousandths of a share of Preferred Stock for which a Right is exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event (or, if a Section 11(a)(ii) Event has occurred prior to the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event, multiplying the number of such one one-thousandths of a share for which a Right was exercisable immediately prior to the first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event by the Purchase Price in effect immediately prior to such first occurrence of a Section 11(a)(ii) Event), and (2) dividing that product (which, following the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event, shall be referred to as the “Purchase Price” for each Right and for all purposes of this Agreement) by 50% of the Current Market Price (determined pursuant to Section 11(d)(i) hereof) per share of the Common Stock of such Principal Party on the date of consummation of such Section 13 Event; (ii) such Principal Party shall thereafter be liable for, and shall assume, by virtue of such Section 13 Event, all the obligations and duties of the Company pursuant to this Agreement; (iii) the term “Company” shall thereafter be deemed to refer to such Principal Party, it being specifically intended that the provisions of Section 11 hereof shall apply only to such Principal Party following the first occurrence of a Section 13 Event; (iv) such Principal Party shall take such steps (including, but not limited to, the reservation of a sufficient number of shares of its Common Stock) in connection with the consummation of any such transaction as may be necessary to assure that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as reasonably may be, in relation to its shares of Common Stock thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of the Rights; and (v) the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii) hereof shall be of no effect following the first occurrence of any Section 13 Event.
Distribution of Assets In case the Company shall declare or make any distribution of its assets (including cash) to holders of Common Stock as a partial liquidating dividend, by way of return of capital or otherwise, then, after the date of record for determining shareholders entitled to such distribution, but prior to the date of distribution, the holder of this Warrant shall be entitled upon exercise of this Warrant for the purchase of any or all of the shares of Common Stock subject hereto, to receive the amount of such assets which would have been payable to the holder had such holder been the holder of such shares of Common Stock on the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to such distribution.
Winding Up, Liquidation and Distribution of Assets (a) Upon dissolution of the Company, no further business shall be conducted except for the taking of such action as shall be necessary for the winding up of the affairs of the Company and the distribution of its assets to the Members pursuant to the provisions of this Section 14.04.
(b) Upon dissolution of the Company, an accounting shall be made by the Company’s accountants of the accounts of the Company and of the Company’s assets, liabilities and operations, from the date of the last previous accounting until the date of dissolution. The Manager(s), or if none, the Person or Persons selected by Majority Interest of the Members (the “Liquidators”) shall immediately proceed to wind up the affairs of the Company. The Liquidators shall have full authority to wind up the affairs of the Company and to make distributions as provided herein.
(c) Upon dissolution of the Company, the Liquidators shall either sell the assets of the Company at the best price available, or the Liquidators may distribute to the Members all or any portion of the Company’s assets in kind. If any assets are to be distributed in kind, the Liquidators shall ascertain the fair market value (by appraisal or other reasonable means) of such assets, and each Member’s Capital Account shall be charged or credited, as the case may be, as if such asset had been sold for cash at such fair market value and the net gain or net loss recognized thereby had been allocated to and among the Members in accordance with Article IX above.
(d) All assets of the Company shall be applied and distributed by the Liquidators in the following order:
(i) First, to the creditors of the Company;
(ii) Next, to setting up the reserves that the Liquidators may deem reasonably necessary for contingent or unforeseen liabilities or obligations of the Company;
(iii) Finally, in accordance with the positive balance (if any) in each Member’s Capital Account (as determined after taking into account all Capital Account adjustments for the Company’s Fiscal Year during which the liquidation occurs), with any balance in excess thereof being distributed in proportion to the Members’ respective Ownership Percentages. Any such distributions in respect to Capital Accounts shall, to the extent practicable, be made in accordance with the time requirements set forth in Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(b)(2) of the Treasury Regulations.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Operating Agreement, upon a “liquidation” within the meaning of Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(g) of the Regulations, if any Member has a deficit Capital Account (after giving effect to all contributions, distributions, allocations and other Capital Account adjustments for all taxable years, including the year during which such liquidation occurs), such Member shall have no obligation to make any Capital Contribution, and the negative balance of such Member’s Capital Account shall not be considered a debt owed by such Member to the Company or to any other Person for any purpose whatsoever.
Timing of Return or Disposition Data shall be returned or disposed of by the following date: As soon as commercially practicable By the following agreed upon date:
Timing and Amount of Allocations of Net Income and Net Loss Net Income and Net Loss of the Partnership shall be determined and allocated with respect to each Partnership Year of the Partnership as of the end of each such year. Subject to the other provisions of this Article 6, an allocation to a Partner of a share of Net Income or Net Loss shall be treated as an allocation of the same share of each item of income, gain, loss or deduction that is taken into account in computing Net Income or Net Loss.
Timing of Disposition Data shall be disposed of by the following date:
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.
Liquidation of Assets (a) Upon the dissolution of the Company as provided in Section 6.1 hereof, the Board shall promptly appoint the Board or Manager as the liquidator and the Board or Manager shall liquidate the business and administrative affairs of the Company, except that if the Board does not appoint the Manager as the liquidator or the Board is unable to perform this function, another liquidator will be elected by the Board. Net Profits and Net Losses during the period of liquidation shall be allocated pursuant to Section 5.4 hereof. The proceeds from liquidation (after establishment of appropriate reserves for contingencies in such amount as the Board or other liquidator shall deem appropriate in its sole discretion as applicable) shall be distributed in the following manner:
(i) the debts, liabilities and obligations of the Company, other than debts to Members, and the expenses of liquidation (including legal and accounting expenses incurred in connection therewith), up to and including the date that distribution of the Company’s assets to the Members has been completed, shall first be paid on a proportionate basis;
(ii) such debts, liabilities or obligations as are owing to the Members shall next be paid in their order of seniority and on a proportionate basis; and
(iii) the Members shall next be paid on a proportionate basis the positive balances of their respective Capital Accounts after giving effect to all allocations to be made to such Members’ Capital Accounts for the Fiscal Period ending on the date of the distributions under this Section 6.2.
(b) Anything in this Section 6.2 to the contrary notwithstanding, upon dissolution of the Company, the Board or other liquidator may distribute ratably in kind any assets of the Company; provided, however, that if any in-kind distribution is to be made (i) the assets distributed in kind shall be valued pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof as of the actual date of their distribution and charged as so valued and distributed against amounts to be paid under Section 6.2(a) above, and (ii) any profit or loss attributable to property distributed in-kind shall be included in the Net Profits or Net Losses for the Fiscal Period ending on the date of such distribution.
