Transfer of Membership Interest The Sole Member may Transfer any part or all of its rights and interest (including, but not limited to, its Capital Account) in the Company (each a “Membership Interest”) now owned or hereafter acquired to any Person, and the transferee of such Membership Interest shall become a Member of the Company.
Transfer of Units (i) Except as expressly provided in this Agreement, a Member may not sell, exchange, transfer, assign, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of any of such Member's Units or any interest therein (a "Transfer") (except for a Transfer by Internet World to any Person or by any Member to a Permitted Transferee) without the written consent of the Board, which consent may be withheld for any reason. The Company shall not register any Transfer of a Member's Units or any interest therein, and any such Transfer or registration of Transfer shall be null and void, without the written consent of the Board. An assignee who has not been admitted as a Member shall be entitled only to allocations and distributions with respect to such interest in accordance with this Agreement, and shall have no right to any information or, to the fullest extent permitted by law, accounting of the affairs of the Company, shall not be entitled to inspect the books or records of the Company and shall not have any of the rights of a Member under the Act or this Agreement, but shall otherwise assume in writing prior to such Transfer, other than a pledge (in respect of which such compliance shall be required after sale or foreclosure), all obligations of the assignor hereunder as if such assignee were the assignor; no such assignment shall be valid unless the assumption of obligations described in this sentence has been executed. Neither a Transfer of Units nor the admission of the Transferee thereof as a Member shall discharge the transferor from any obligation hereunder.
(ii) The restrictions contained in this SECTION 2.6(a) shall not apply with respect to any Transfer of Units or any part thereof by any Member (a) among its Affiliates, (b) to any lender to whom a Member's Units or any part thereof are assigned or pledged pursuant to a loan agreement, (c) to any Member's spouse or children or to a trust or the trustee or 8 68 trustees of a trust directly or indirectly for the benefit of the Member's spouse, children or a charitable organization, (d) to the Member's executors, administrator, testamentary trustee, legatees or beneficiaries upon the Member's death, or (e) by gift (all such transferees shall be collectively referred to as the "Permitted Transferees"); PROVIDED, that the Permitted Transferee shall execute a counterpart of this Agreement; and PROVIDED, FURTHER that the restrictions contained in this Agreement shall continue to apply to the Units after such Transfer by reference to the original Member; and PROVIDED, FURTHER, that the transferor shall remain liable for all of its obligations under this Agreement that survive.
Transfer of Membership Interests (a) The Member may transfer its Membership Interest, in whole but not in part, but the transferee shall not be admitted as a Member except in accordance with Section 6.07. Until the transferee is admitted as a Member, the Member shall continue to be the sole member of the Company (subject to Section 1.02) and to be entitled to exercise any rights or powers of a Member of the Company with respect to the Membership Interest transferred.
(b) To the fullest extent permitted by law, any purported transfer of any Membership Interest in violation of the provisions of this Agreement shall be wholly void and shall not effectuate the transfer contemplated thereby. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary and to the fullest extent permitted by law, the Member may not transfer any Membership Interest in violation of any provision of this Agreement or in violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws.
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.
Registration and Transfer of Shares (a) Any Transfer of any Shares shall only be completed subject to the compliance by the Member and the proposed transferee with all applicable laws; and furthermore may only be completed in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) Other than (i) any Transfer of Shares which is an Involuntary Transfer or (ii) any Transfer that occurs on an alternative trading system that has been approved by the Company in writing, and Transfer of Shares shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Company, which the Company may give or withhold in its sole discretion.
(c) The Company shall keep or cause to be kept on behalf of the Company a register (which may be in electronic form) that will provide for the registration and Transfer of Shares. The Company may appoint a Transfer Agent to act as registrar and transfer agent for the purpose of registering any class of Shares and Transfers of such class of Shares as herein provided. For Shares represented by Certificates, upon surrender of a Certificate for registration of Transfer of any Shares evidenced by a Certificate, the appropriate Officers of the Company shall execute and deliver, and in the case of Shares for which a Transfer Agent has been appointed, the Transfer Agent shall countersign and deliver, in the name of the holder or the designated transferee or transferees, as required pursuant to the Record Holder’s instructions, one or more new Certificates evidencing the same aggregate number and type of Shares as were evidenced by the Certificate so surrendered, provided that a transferor shall provide the address and facsimile number for each such transferee as set forth on Exhibit A at any time.
(d) The Company shall not recognize any Transfer of Shares evidenced by Certificates until the Certificates evidencing such Shares are surrendered for registration of Transfer. No charge shall be imposed by the Company for such Transfer; provided, that as a condition to the issuance of Shares, whether or not such Shares are evidenced by Certificates, the Company may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed with respect thereto. The Company’s transfer agent may require a transferring shareholder to pay reasonable and customary fees in connection with any voluntary transfer of Class A shares.
(e) By acceptance of the Transfer of any Share, each transferee of a Share (including any nominee holder or an agent or representative acquiring such Shares for the account of another Person) (i) shall be admitted to the Company as a Substitute Member with respect to the Shares so Transferred to such transferee when any such Transfer or admission is reflected in the books and records of the Company or the Transfer Agent, as applicable, (ii) shall be deemed to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, (iii) shall become the Record Holder of the Shares so transferred, (iv) grants powers of attorney to the Officers of the Company and any Liquidating Trustee, as specified herein, and (v) makes the consents and waivers contained in this Agreement. The Transfer of any Shares and the admission of any new Member shall not constitute an amendment to this Agreement.
(f) Nothing contained in this Agreement shall preclude electronic book-entry only Transfer of Shares or the settlement of any transactions involving Shares entered into through electronic systems maintained by the Administrator on behalf of the Company, facilities of the Depository or any National Securities Exchange on which such Shares are listed for trading.
(g) The Initial Member and its Affiliates shall not be permitted to Transfer any Shares that are Beneficially Owned by them prior to the one-year anniversary of the final closing of the Offering, except to a Masterworks Affiliate or as required by law or in bankruptcy or similar proceeding, and shall not be permitted to Transfer any unvested ASA Shares at any time, provided, however, notwithstanding the definition of the term “Transfer,” the Initial Member and its Affiliates shall be permitted, during such one-year period, to pledge any or all of such Shares to unaffiliated third-party lenders and, for the avoidance of doubt, such lenders shall not be subject to the provisions of this Section 2.7(g) if they obtain Beneficial Ownership of such Shares in connection with a default by the Initial Member and its Affiliates pursuant to the transactions in which such third-party lenders obtained such Shares.
(h) Any Class A shares held by a Member that beneficially owns greater than 10% of the outstanding Class A shares, whether or not any of such shares constitute Voting Shares for purposes of this Agreement, shall bear a customary “restricted” legend, which may be a virtual legend, evidencing the restricted nature thereof. Such Member shall not be entitled to execute a voluntarily transfer of such shares through the Templum ATS (or any similar system or market that permits transfers of unrestricted securities) or request removal of such restrictive legend on such shares, unless the Company and its Transfer Agent are satisfied, in their sole and absolute discretion, that such proposed de-legending and/or transfer complies with applicable federal securities laws and the Company and/or its Transfer Agent shall be entitled to require the requesting Member to furnish the Company with an opinion from counsel of national recognition in support of such request.
(i) The Class C Ordinary Share, once issued, can only be transferred between Masterworks affiliated entities, including from one Masterworks Investor to another.
(j) Any Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Share(s) in contravention of this Agreement shall be absolutely null and void ab initio and of no force or effect, on or against the Company, any Member, any creditor of the Company or any claimant against the Company and may be enjoined, and shall not be recorded on the books and records of the Company. No distributions of cash or property of the Company shall be made to any transferee of any Share(s) which is/are Transferred in violation hereof, nor shall any such Transfer be registered on the books of the Company. The Transfer or attempted Transfer of any Share(s) in violation hereof shall not affect the Beneficial Ownership of such Share(s), and, notwithstanding such Transfer or attempted Transfer, the Member making such prohibited Transfer or attempted Transfer shall retain the right to vote, if any, and the right to receive liquidation proceeds and any other distributions with respect to the Shares.
Transfer of Interest The Interest is personal property and may be transferred or assigned, in whole or in part, as permitted by the Equityholders Agreement, in the sole discretion of the Member. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, no Interest in the Company may be issued, transferred or pledged in any manner whatsoever except in compliance with all applicable Gaming Licenses and Gaming Laws, except as contemplated by Section 9.2.
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.
Transfer of Funds From such funds as may be available for the purpose in the relevant Fund Custody Account, and upon receipt of Proper Instructions specifying that the funds are required to redeem Shares of the Fund, the Custodian shall wire each amount specified in such Proper Instructions to or through such bank or broker-dealer as the Trust may designate.
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 or Sale The Investor understands that (i) the Securities may not be offered for sale, sold, assigned or transferred unless (A) registered pursuant to the Securities Act or (B) an exemption exists permitting such Securities to be sold, assigned or transferred without such registration; (ii) any sale of the Securities made in reliance on Rule 144 may be made only in accordance with the terms of Rule 144 and further, if Rule 144 is not applicable, any resale of the Securities under circumstances in which the seller (or the Person through whom the sale is made) may be deemed to be an underwriter (as that term is defined in the Securities Act) may require compliance with some other exemption under the Securities Act or the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder.
