Transfer of a Limited Partner’s Interest. (a) Except as provided by Section 9.3 hereof and except as provided by Section 3 of the June 2006 Purchase and Sale Agreement, Section 1 of the December 2007 Purchase and Sale Agreement, and Section 1 of the June 2008 Purchase and Sale Agreement, no Limited Partner may Transfer its limited partner interest in the Partnership to any Person nor may Penske cease to own, directly or indirectly, and have voting control over, at least 100% of the outstanding membership interests of either PTLC-LLC or PTLC2-LLC, provided, however, that (A) each of GE Tennessee, RTLC-AC, NTFC and Holdco may assign any of their rights and obligations, including Section 9.2, to any member or members of the consolidated group of which General Electric Company is the common parent, (B) each of PTLC-LLC and PTLC2-LLC may assign any of their rights and obligations, including Section 9.2, to PAG or to any member or members of a consolidated group of which Penske and such assignees are members and the ultimate owners of Penske and such assignees own the same percentages of Penske and such assignees (the “Penske Consolidated Group”), (C) PAG may assign any of its rights and obligations, including Section 9.2, to any member or members of the Penske Consolidated Group or a member of the PAG consolidated group, and (D) PAG may, in connection with a bona fide financing from one or more third-party lenders (such lenders, or an agent or a representative therefor (a “Bona Fide Lender”)), grant a security interest in, or otherwise pledge, to a Bona Fide Lender, PAG’s share in the profits and losses of the Partnership and PAG’s right to receive distributions of the Partnership solely with respect to all or any portion of the nine percent (9%) limited partnership interest in the Partnership purchased by PAG pursuant to the June 2008 Purchase and Sale Agreement, as such percentage may be increased other than by virtue of a Transfer (including by operation of law) to PAG or any of its subsidiaries of any additional interest (such portion of the limited partnership interests in the Partnership owned by PAG and so secured or pledged being referred to herein as the “PAG Pledged Interest”), it being understood and agreed that (i) prior to or upon any foreclosure or similar exercise of rights of the Bona Fide Lender pursuant to the terms of its security interest (a “Foreclosure”) the Bona Fide Lender (or any transferee of the Pledged PAG Interest following any foreclosure) shall only be entitled to receive distributions of cash or other property from the Partnership in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement (and after a Foreclosure only to receive allocations of the income, gains, credits, deductions, profits and losses of the Partnership attributable to such PAG Pledged Interest after the effective date of such Foreclosure in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) and shall not at any time become a Partner (and shall not have any rights with respect to governance, voting, approvals, consents, observation or other management rights with respect to the Partnership, all of which shall remain with PAG) and (ii) upon a Foreclosure, PAG’s rights with respect to governance, observation or other management rights with respect to the Partnership shall lapse and any and all voting, approval and consent rights of PAG attributable to the PAG Pledged Interest foreclosed upon shall be deemed made in proportion to the other Partners or members of the Advisory Committee, as applicable and as the case may be. Prior to and as a condition to an assignment as contemplated by clause (B) or (C) above, the assignee shall agree in writing to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement in the same manner as assignor. (b) The Limited Partners agree, upon request of the General Partner, to execute such certificates or other documents and perform such acts as the General Partner reasonably deems appropriate to preserve the status of the Partnership as a limited partnership, after the completion of any Transfer of an interest in the Partnership, under the laws of the State of Delaware.
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Samples: Limited Partnership Agreement (Penske Automotive Group, Inc.)
Transfer of a Limited Partner’s Interest. (a) Except as provided by Section 9.3 hereof and except as provided by Section 3 of the June 2006 Purchase and Sale Agreement, Section 1 of the December 2007 Purchase and Sale Agreement, and Section 1 of the June 2008 Purchase and Sale Agreement, no Limited Partner may Transfer its his limited partner interest in the Partnership to any Person nor may Penske cease to own, directly or indirectly, and have voting control over, at least 100% of the outstanding membership interests of either PTLC-LLC or PTLC2-LLC, provided, however, that (A) each of GE Tennessee, RTLC-AC, NTFC and Holdco may assign any of their rights and obligations, including Section 9.2, to any member or members of the consolidated group of which General Electric Company is the common parent, (B) each of PTLC-LLC and PTLC2-LLC may assign any of their rights and obligations, including Section 9.2, to PAG or to any member or members of a consolidated group of which Penske and such assignees are members and the ultimate owners of Penske and such assignees own the same percentages of Penske and such assignees (the “Penske Consolidated Group”), (C) PAG may assign any of its rights and obligations, including Section 9.2, to any member or members of the Penske Consolidated Group or a member of the PAG consolidated group, and (D) PAG may, in connection with a bona fide financing from one or more third-party lenders (lenders, such lenders, or an agent or a representative therefor (a “Bona Fide Lender”)), grant a security interest in, or otherwise pledge, to a Bona Fide Lender, PAG’s share in the profits and losses of the Partnership and PAG’s right to receive distributions of the Partnership solely with respect to all or any portion of the nine percent (9%) limited partnership interest in the Partnership purchased by PAG pursuant to the June 2008 Purchase and Sale Agreement, as such percentage may be increased other than by virtue of a Transfer (including by operation of law) to PAG or any of its subsidiaries of any additional interest (such portion of the limited partnership interests in the Partnership owned by PAG and so secured or pledged being referred to herein as the “PAG Pledged Interest”), it being understood and agreed that (i) prior to or upon any foreclosure or similar exercise of rights of the Bona Fide Lender pursuant to the terms of its security interest (a “Foreclosure”) the Bona Fide Lender (or any transferee of the Pledged PAG Interest following any foreclosure) shall only be entitled to receive distributions of cash or other property from the Partnership in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement (and after a Foreclosure only to receive allocations of the income, gains, credits, deductions, profits and losses of the Partnership attributable to such PAG Pledged Interest after the effective date of such Foreclosure in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) and shall not at any time become a Partner (and shall not have any rights with respect to governance, voting, approvals, consents, observation or other management rights with respect to the Partnership, all of which shall remain with PAG) and (ii) upon a Foreclosure, PAG’s rights with respect to governance, observation or other management rights with respect to the Partnership shall lapse and any and all voting, approval and consent rights of PAG attributable to the PAG Pledged Interest foreclosed upon shall be deemed made in proportion to the other Partners or members of the Advisory Committee, as applicable and as the case may be. Prior to and as a condition to an assignment as contemplated by clause (B) or (C) above, the assignee shall agree in writing to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement in the same manner as assignor.
(b) The Limited Partners agree, upon request of the General Partner, to execute such certificates or other documents and perform such acts as the General Partner reasonably deems appropriate to preserve the status of the Partnership as a limited partnership, after the completion of any Transfer of an interest in the Partnership, under the laws of the State of Delaware.
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Samples: Partnership Agreement (Penske Automotive Group, Inc.)
Transfer of a Limited Partner’s Interest. (a) Except as provided by Section 9.3 hereof and except as provided by Section 3 of the June 2006 Purchase and Sale Agreement, Section 1 of the December 2007 Purchase and Sale Agreement, and Section 1 of the June 2008 Purchase and Sale Agreement, no Limited Partner may Transfer its his limited partner interest in the Partnership to any Person nor may Penske PTLC cease to own, directly or indirectly, and have voting control over, at least 100% of the outstanding membership interests of either PTLC-LLC or PTLC2-LLC, provided, however, that (A) each of GE Tennessee, RTLC-AC, NTFC and Holdco may assign any of their rights and obligations, including Section 9.2, to any member or members of the consolidated group of which General Electric Company is the common parent, (B) each of PTLC-LLC and PTLC2-LLC PTLC2 may assign any of their rights and obligations, including Section 9.2, to PAG or to any member or members of a consolidated group of which Penske PTLC and such assignees are members and the ultimate owners of Penske PTLC and such assignees own the same percentages of Penske PTLC and such assignees (the “Penske PTLC Consolidated Group”), (C) PAG may assign any of its rights and obligations, including Section 9.2, to any member or members of the Penske PTLC Consolidated Group or a member of the PAG consolidated group, and (D) PAG may, in connection with a bona fide financing from one or more third-party lenders (lenders, such lenders, or an agent or a representative therefor (a “Bona Fide Lender”)), grant a security interest in, or otherwise pledge, to a Bona Fide Lender, PAG’s share in the profits and losses of the Partnership and PAG’s right to receive distributions of the Partnership solely with respect to all or any portion of the nine percent (9%) limited partnership interest in the Partnership purchased by PAG pursuant to the June 2008 Purchase and Sale Agreement, as such percentage may be increased other than by virtue of a Transfer (including by operation of law) to PAG or any of its subsidiaries of any additional interest (such portion of the limited partnership interests in the Partnership owned by PAG and so secured or pledged being referred to herein as the “PAG Pledged Interest”), it being understood and agreed that (i) prior to or upon any foreclosure or similar exercise of rights of the Bona Fide Lender pursuant to the terms of its security interest (a “Foreclosure”) the Bona Fide Lender (or any transferee of the Pledged PAG Interest following any foreclosure) shall only be entitled to receive distributions of cash or other property from the Partnership in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement (and after a Foreclosure only to receive allocations of the income, gains, credits, deductions, profits and losses of the Partnership attributable to such PAG Pledged Interest after the effective date of such Foreclosure in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) and shall not at any time become a Partner (and shall not have any rights with respect to governance, voting, approvals, consents, observation or other management rights with respect to the Partnership, all of which shall remain with PAG) and (ii) upon a Foreclosure, PAG’s rights with respect to governance, observation or other management rights with respect to the Partnership shall lapse and any and all voting, approval and consent rights of PAG attributable to the PAG Pledged Interest foreclosed upon shall be deemed made in proportion to the other Partners or members of the Advisory Committee, as applicable and as the case may be. Prior to and as a condition to an assignment as contemplated by clause (B) or (C) above, the assignee shall agree in writing to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement in the same manner as assignor.
(bB) Article 9 of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the third sentence of Section 9.3(a) added by the Tenth Amendment and substitution the following sentence in lieu thereof: “Solely for the purposes of this Section 9.3, PTLC, PTLC-LLC, PTLC2 and PAG shall be treated as one Partner and GE Tennessee, RTLC-AC, NTFC and Holdco shall be treated as one Partner.”
(C) Section 9.3(o) of the Agreement as added by Section 6(G) of Amendment No. 9 dated June 30, 2006 (“Amendment No. 9”), to the Amended and Restated Partnership Agreement, dated as of August 10, 1988 as then amended, is hereby redesignated as Section 9.3(q) of the Agreement. Section 9.3(o) of the Agreement as in effect immediately prior to Amendment No. 9 remains in full force and effect. The references to Section 9.3(o) in Sections 9.3(i), 9.3 (j), 9.3(k) and, as so redesignated, 9.3(q) of the Agreement are hereby amended by replacing such references with references to Section 9.3(q).
(D) The Limited Partners agree, upon request last sentence of Section 9.3(m) of the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the words “General PartnerElectric Credit Corporation of Tennessee” the second time they appear and substituting in lieu thereof “GE Tennessee, to execute such certificates RTLC-AC, NTFC or other documents and perform such acts as the General Partner reasonably deems appropriate to preserve the status of the Partnership as a limited partnership, after the completion of any Transfer of an interest in the Partnership, under the laws of the State of DelawareHoldco”.
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Samples: Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (Penske Automotive Group, Inc.)
Transfer of a Limited Partner’s Interest. (a) Except as provided by Section 9.3 hereof and except as provided by Section 3 of the June 2006 Purchase and Sale Agreement, Section 1 of the December 2007 Purchase and Sale Agreement, and Section 1 of the June 2008 Purchase and Sale Agreement and Section 1 of the March 2009 Purchase and Sale Agreement, no Limited Partner may Transfer its limited partner interest in the Partnership to any Person nor may Penske cease to own, directly or indirectly, and have voting control over, at least 100% of the outstanding membership interests of either any of PTLC-LLC, PTLC2-LLC or PTLC2PTLC3-LLC, provided, however, that (A) each of GE Tennessee, RTLC-AC, NTFC and Holdco may assign any of their rights and obligations, including Section 9.2, to any member or members of the consolidated group of which General Electric Company is and remains the common parent, (B) each of PTLC-LLC, PTLC2-LLC and PTLC2PTLC3-LLC may assign any of their rights and obligations, including Section 9.2, to PAG or to any member or members of a consolidated group of which Penske and such assignees are and remain members and the ultimate controlling owners of Penske and such assignees own the same percentages of continue to control Penske and such assignees (the “Penske Consolidated Group”), (C) PAG may assign any of its rights and obligations, including Section 9.2, to any member or members of the Penske Consolidated Group or a any member or members of the PAG consolidated groupgroup of which PAG is and remains the common parent, and (D) PAG may, in connection with a bona fide financing from one or more third-party lenders (such lenders, or an agent or a representative therefor (a “Bona Fide Lender”)), grant a security interest in, or otherwise pledge, to a Bona Fide Lender, PAG’s share in the profits and losses of the Partnership and PAG’s right to receive distributions of the Partnership solely with respect to all or any portion of the nine percent (9%) limited partnership interest in the Partnership purchased by PAG pursuant to the June 2008 Purchase and Sale Agreement, as such percentage has been or may be increased other than by virtue of a Transfer (including by operation of law) to PAG or any of its subsidiaries of any additional interest (such portion of the limited partnership interests in the Partnership owned by PAG and so secured or pledged being referred to herein as the “PAG Pledged Interest”), it being understood and agreed that (i) prior to or upon any foreclosure or similar exercise of rights of the Bona Fide Lender pursuant to the terms of its security interest (a “Foreclosure”) the Bona Fide Lender (or any transferee of the Pledged PAG Interest following any foreclosureForeclosure) shall only be entitled to receive distributions of cash or other property from the Partnership in accordance with the terms of the Partnership Agreement (and after a Foreclosure only to receive allocations of the income, gains, credits, deductions, profits and losses of the Partnership attributable to such PAG Pledged Interest after the effective date of such Foreclosure in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) and shall not at any time become a Partner (and shall not have any rights with respect to governance, voting, approvals, consents, observation or other management rights with respect to the Partnership, all of which shall remain with PAG) and (ii) upon a Foreclosure, PAG’s rights with respect to governance, observation or other management rights with respect to the Partnership shall lapse and any and all voting, approval and consent rights of PAG attributable to the PAG Pledged Interest foreclosed upon shall be deemed made in proportion to the other Partners or members of the Advisory Committee, as applicable and as the case may be. Prior to and as a condition to an assignment as contemplated by clause (B) or (C) above, the assignee shall agree in writing to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement in the same manner as assignor.
(b) The Limited Partners agree, upon request of the General Partner, to execute such certificates or other documents and perform such acts as the General Partner reasonably deems appropriate to preserve the status of the Partnership as a limited partnership, after the completion of any Transfer of an interest in the Partnership, under the laws of the State of Delaware.
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Samples: Limited Partnership Agreement (Penske Automotive Group, Inc.)