Transfer of Assets and Liabilities On the Effective Date, the rights, privileges, powers and franchises, both of a public as well as of a private nature, of each of the Constituent Corporations shall be vested in and possessed by the Surviving Corporation, subject to all of the disabilities, duties and restrictions of or upon each of the Constituent Corporations; and all and singular rights, privileges, powers and franchises of each of the Constituent Corporations, and all property, real, personal and mixed, of each of the Constituent Corporations, and all debts due to each of the Constituent Corporations on whatever account, and all things in action or belonging to each of the Constituent Corporations shall be transferred to and vested in the Surviving Corporation; and all property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises, and all and every other interest, shall be thereafter the property of the Surviving Corporation as they were of the Constituent Corporations, and the title to any real estate vested by deed or otherwise in either of the Constituent Corporations shall not revert or be in any way impaired by reason of the Merger; provided, however, that the liabilities of the Constituent Corporations and of their shareholders, directors and officers shall not be affected and all rights of creditors and all liens upon any property of either of the Constituent Corporations shall be preserved unimpaired, and any claim existing or action or proceeding pending by or against either of the Constituent Corporations may be prosecuted to judgment as if the Merger had not taken place except as they may be modified with the consent of such creditors and all debts, liabilities and duties of or upon each of the Constituent Corporations shall attach to the Surviving Corporation, and may be enforced against it to the same extent as if such debts, liabilities and duties had been incurred or contracted by it.
Transfer of Assets On the basis of the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements and subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, each Seller shall sell, convey, assign, transfer and deliver to Buyer, and Buyer shall purchase and acquire from each Seller, free and clear of all Security Interests, all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all assets used by such Seller in or relating to the Business (collectively, the “Acquired Assets”), including, without limitation, the following assets:
(i) except as otherwise described herein, all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all inventories, wherever located, of Business Products, including all finished goods, consigned goods, work-in-progress, raw materials, spare parts, packaging, accessories and all other materials and supplies to be used, consumed, sold, resold or distributed by such Seller, and all warranties and guarantees, if any, express or implied, by the manufacturers or Seller of any such item or component part thereof, rights of return, rebate rights, over-payment recovery rights and any other rights of such Seller relating to these items (collectively, the “Inventory”):
(ii) all machinery, equipment, tools, furniture, office equipment, computer hardware, supplies, materials, vehicles and other items of tangible personal property (other than the Inventory) used in or relating to the Business (other than the Excluded Assets) and all warranties and guarantees, if any, express or implied, rights of return, rebate rights, over-payment recovery rights and any other rights of such Seller relating to these items, in each case existing for the benefit of such Seller in connection therewith to the extent transferable (collectively, the “Personal Property”):
(iii) all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Designated Contracts;
(iv) all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all Business Intellectual Property;
(v) to the extent assignable, all of such Seller’s right, title and interest in and to all Permits relating to the Business;
(vi) all other assets relating to existing customer relationships and all written materials, data and records relating to the Business (in whatever form or medium), including (A) client, customer, prospect, supplier, dealer and distributor lists and records, (B) information regarding referral sources, (C) product catalogs and brochures, (D) sales and marketing, advertising and promotional materials, (E) research and development materials, reports and records, (F) production reports and records, (G) equipment logs, (H) service, warranty and claim records, (I) records relating to the Inventory, (J) maintenance records and other documents relating to the Personal Property, (K) purchase orders and invoices, (L) sales orders and sales order log books, (M) material safety data sheets, (N) price lists, (O) quotations and bids, (P) operating guides and manuals, (Q) correspondence, (R) financial books, records, journals and ledgers, (S) product ideas and developments and (T) plans and specifications, plats, surveys, drawings, blueprints and photographs;
(vii) all other intangible rights and property of such Seller relating to the Business, including (A) going concern value, (B) the goodwill of such Seller relating to the Business as conducted by such Seller, (C) directory, telecopy names, numbers, addresses and listings, and all rights that such Seller may have to institute or maintain any action to protect the same and recover damages for any misappropriation or misuses thereof;
(viii) all insurance benefits, including rights under and proceeds from, insurance policies providing coverage for the Acquired Assets or such Seller relating to the Business, where such rights, benefits and proceeds relate to events occurring prior to the Closing;
(ix) all rights with respect to deposits, prepaid expenses, claims for refunds and rights to offset related to the Business (excluding rights relating to the prior payment of Taxes) and interest payable with respect to any of the foregoing;
(x) all claims (including claims for past infringement or misappropriation of Business Intellectual Property or rights related thereto included in the Acquired Assets) and causes of action of such Seller relating to the Business against any other Person, whether or not such claims and causes of action have been asserted, and all rights of indemnity, warranty rights, rights of contribution, rights to refunds, rights of reimbursement and other rights of recovery of such Seller (regardless of whether such rights are currently exercisable) relating to the Acquired Assets;
(xi) all leasehold interests in the HK Leased Property, including all improvements and fixtures thereon and all rights and easements appurtenant thereto;
(xii) all leasehold or other contractual interests in the California Warehouse Property;
(xiii) all leasehold interests in the Arizona Leased Property, including all improvements and fixtures thereon and all rights and easements appurtenant thereto; and
(xiv) all accounts receivable of such Seller of any kind.
Sale or Transfer of Assets; Suspension of Business Operations The Borrower will not sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of (i) the stock of any Subsidiary, (ii) all or a substantial part of its assets, or (iii) any Collateral or any interest therein (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) to any other Person other than the sale of Inventory in the ordinary course of business and will not liquidate, dissolve or suspend business operations. The Borrower will not transfer any part of its ownership interest in any Intellectual Property Rights and will not permit any agreement under which it has licensed Licensed Intellectual Property to lapse, except that the Borrower may transfer such rights or permit such agreements to lapse if it shall have reasonably determined that the applicable Intellectual Property Rights are no longer useful in its business. If the Borrower transfers any Intellectual Property Rights for value, the Borrower will pay over the proceeds to the Lender for application to the Obligations. The Borrower will not license any other Person to use any of the Borrower’s Intellectual Property Rights, except that the Borrower may grant licenses in the ordinary course of its business in connection with sales of Inventory or provision of services to its customers.
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.
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.
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales of Assets and Acquisitions (a) 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) all or substantially all the assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) of the Borrower or less than all the Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one transaction or a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of any other Person or division or line of business of such Person, except that (i) the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiary may purchase and sell inventory in the ordinary course of business and (ii) if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing (1) any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary may merge into the Borrower in a transaction in which the Borrower is the surviving corporation, (2) any Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary may merge into or consolidate with any other Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary (provided that if any party to any such transaction is a Loan Party, the surviving entity of such transaction shall be a Loan Party), (3) any Restricted Subsidiary may dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary (which such recipient Restricted Subsidiary shall be a Loan Party if the disposing Restricted Subsidiary is a Loan Party), (4) any Restricted Subsidiary may liquidate (other than in connection with a merger or a consolidation which shall be governed by the other clauses of this Section 6.05(a)) and distribute its assets ratably to its shareholders if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders, and (5) the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries may make Permitted Acquisitions, including by means of mergers or consolidations.
(b) Make any Asset Sale otherwise permitted under paragraph (a) above unless (i) such Asset Sale is for consideration at least 75% of which consists of cash, (ii) such consideration is at least equal to the fair market value of the assets being sold, transferred, leased or disposed of and (iii) the fair market value of all assets sold, transferred, leased or disposed of pursuant to this paragraph (b) shall not exceed the greater of (i) $100,000,000 and (ii) 3.0% of the Consolidated Net Tangible Assets in any fiscal year.
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).
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.
Mergers, Consolidations and Sales of Assets (a) The Borrower will not consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless:
(i) the Borrower or a Consolidated Subsidiary that is incorporated under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia is the surviving corporation of any such consolidation or merger or is the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the Borrower substantially as an entirety;
(ii) if a Consolidated Subsidiary is the surviving corporation or is the Person that acquires the property and assets of the Borrower substantially as an entirety, it shall expressly assume the performance of every covenant of this Agreement and of the Notes on the part of the Borrower to be performed or observed;
(iii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and
(iv) if the Borrower is not the surviving entity, the Borrower has delivered to the Administrative Agent an Officer’s Certificate and a legal opinion of its General Counsel, Associate General Counsel or Assistant General Counsel, upon the express instruction of the Borrower for the benefit of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, each stating that such transaction complies with this Section and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
(b) Upon any consolidation by the Borrower with, or merger by the Borrower into, a Consolidated Subsidiary, the result of which is that such Consolidated Subsidiary is the surviving entity, or any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Borrower substantially as an entirety to a Consolidated Subsidiary, the Consolidated Subsidiary into which the Borrower is merged or consolidated or to which such conveyance or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Borrower, as the case may be, under this Agreement with the same effect as if such Consolidated Subsidiary had been named as the Borrower, as the case may be, herein, and thereafter, in the case of a transfer or conveyance permitted by Section 5.07(a), the Borrower shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Agreement and the Notes.
Dispositions of Assets or Subsidiaries Each of the Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any of its Unregulated Subsidiaries to, sell, convey, assign, lease, abandon or otherwise transfer or dispose of, voluntarily or involuntarily, any of its properties or assets, tangible or intangible (including without limitation any sale, assignment, discount or other disposition of accounts, contract rights, chattel paper, equipment or general intangibles with or without recourse or of capital stock, shares of beneficial interest, partnership interests or limited liability company interests) (collectively, any such transaction, a “Disposition”), except:
(i) Dispositions involving the sale of inventory or investments in the ordinary course of business or the lease or license of goods or intellectual property in the ordinary course of business;
(ii) any Disposition of assets (including without limitation intellectual property) in the ordinary course of business which are no longer necessary or required in the conduct of such Loan Party’s or such Unregulated Subsidiary’s business;
(iii) Dispositions (a) by a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to a Loan Party, (b) among Loan Parties, or (c) among Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties;
(iv) any Disposition of assets in the ordinary course of business which are replaced by substitute assets acquired or leased;
(v) the issuance of shares of capital stock of the Borrower, and the issuance of shares of capital stock of (a) a Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to a Loan Party, (b) among Loan Parties, or (c) among Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties;
(vi) any Disposition of assets or capital stock of any Inactive Subsidiary of the Borrower;
(vii) Dispositions also constituting (a) Investments permitted under Section 8.2.4 [Loans or Investments], (b) Restricted Payments permitted under Section 8.2.13 [Restricted Payments], or (c) transactions permitted under clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 8.2.5 [Liquidations, Mergers, Consolidations, Acquisitions];
(viii) any Disposition of assets or capital stock of any Project Subsidiary, provided that (a) the Loan Parties are simultaneously released from any recourse Indebtedness related to such Project Subsidiary, and (b) the Borrower is in compliance with Section 8.2.16 [Maximum Leverage Ratio] both before and after such Disposition;
(ix) any Permitted Wind/Solar Transaction, so long as the Borrower is in compliance with Section 8.2.16 [Maximum Leverage Ratio] both before and after such transaction, or any other Off-Balance Sheet Financing permitted by Section 8.
