CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc.,
Sales and Leasebacks Enter into any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by any Group Member of real or personal property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by such Group Member to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of such Group Member.
Sale and Leasebacks The Borrower will not enter into --------------------- any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby the Borrower shall sell or transfer any of its Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and whereby the Borrower shall then or thereafter rent or lease such Property or any part thereof or other Property that the Borrower intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the Property sold or transferred.
Sale and Leaseback The Borrower will not enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any other Person whereby the Borrower shall sell or transfer any real or personal property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and then or thereafter rent or lease as lessee such property or any part thereof or any other property which the Borrower intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.
Limitation on Sale and Leaseback Transactions (a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, enter into any sale and leaseback transaction for the sale and leasing back of any Principal Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, unless:
(i) such transaction was entered into prior to the date of issuance of the Initial Notes;
(ii) such transaction was for the sale and leasing back to the Company or any of its wholly owned Subsidiaries of any Principal Property by the Company or a Subsidiary;
(iii) such transaction involves a lease for not more than three years (or which may be terminated by the Company or its Subsidiaries within a period of not more than three years);
(iv) the Company would be entitled to incur Indebtedness secured by a Lien with respect to such sale and leaseback transaction without equally and ratably securing the Notes pursuant to Section 5.01(b) above; or
(v) the Company or any Subsidiary applies an amount equal to the net proceeds from the sale of such Principal Property to the purchase of other Principal Property used or useful in the Company’s or such Subsidiary’s business or to the retirement of Indebtedness that is pari passu with the Notes (including the Notes) within 365 days before or after the effective date of any such sale and leaseback transaction, provided that, in lieu of applying such amount to the retirement of pari passu Indebtedness, the Company may deliver Notes to the Trustee for cancellation, such Notes to be credited at the cost thereof to the Company.
(b) Notwithstanding the restrictions set forth in Section 5.02(a) above, the Company and its Subsidiaries may enter into any sale and leaseback transaction which would otherwise be subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 5.02(a) above, if after giving effect thereto the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to such transactions (not including Attributable Debt permitted under clauses (i) through (v) of Section 5.02(a) above), together with all Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Section 5.01(c) above, does not exceed 7.5% of the Company’s Consolidated Total Assets.
Consolidation Merger Sale Conveyance and Lease SECTION 10.01. Company May Consolidate, etc.,
Sale and Lease-Back Transactions Enter into any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any person whereby it shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property which it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred unless (a) the sale of such property is permitted by Section 6.05 and (b) any Capital Lease Obligations, Synthetic Lease Obligations or Liens arising in connection therewith are permitted by Sections 6.01 and 6.02, as the case may be.
Termination of Existing Agreement The Existing Agreement is hereby terminated and replaced and superseded by this Agreement, effective August 1, 2001. All payments, of Base Salary or otherwise, made by the Company under the Existing Agreement with respect to any period commencing on or after August 1, 2001 shall be credited against the corresponding payment obligations of the Company under this Agreement.
Limitations on Sale and Leaseback Transactions (a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any arrangement relating to property now owned or hereafter acquired whereby either the Company transfers, or any Restricted Subsidiary transfers, such property to a Person and either the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary leases it back from such Person (a “Sale/Leaseback Transaction”), unless:
(i) the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary could, at the time of entering into such arrangement, incur Indebtedness secured by a Lien on the property involved in the transaction in an amount at least equal to the Attributable Debt with respect to such Sale/Leaseback Transaction, without equally and ratably securing the Notes as described in Section 2.8; or
(ii) the net proceeds of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction are at least equal to such property’s fair market value, as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, and the proceeds are applied within 180 days of the effective date of the Sale/Leaseback Transaction to the repayment of senior indebtedness of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary.
(b) The restrictions set forth in (a) above will not apply to a Sale/Leaseback Transaction: (i) entered into prior to the date of issuance of the Notes; (ii) that exists at the time any Person that owns property or assets becomes a Restricted Subsidiary; (iii) between the Company and a Restricted Subsidiary or between Restricted Subsidiaries; (iv) involving leases for a period of no longer than three years; or (v) in which the lease for the property or asset is entered into within 270 days after the date of acquisition, completion of construction or commencement of full operations of such property or asset, whichever is latest.
(c) Notwithstanding the restrictions contained above, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into a Sale/Leaseback Transaction; provided that at the time of such transaction, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount of all Attributable Debt with respect to Sale/Leaseback Transactions existing at such time that could not have been entered into pursuant to the restrictions in (a) above, together with the aggregate amount of all outstanding Indebtedness secured by Liens as permitted by Section 2.8(b), does not at such time exceed 5% of Consolidated Total Assets.
AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER ANNEX A-9
