TRANSFER OF NOTES OR INTERESTS IN THIRD LIEN NOTES. Section 4.1 Transfer of Third Lien Notes or Interests in Third Lien Notes. Each Third Lien Holder agrees it shall not, directly or indirectly, sell, pledge, hypothecate or otherwise transfer or dispose of or grant, issue or sell any option, right to acquire, participation or other interest (including the granting or suffering to exist any lien, security interest, hypothecation, hypothec or other charge or encumbrance) (each, a “Transfer”) in any of such Third Xxxx Xxxxxx’x Notes; provided, however, that a Third Lien Holder (the “Transferor”) may transfer all or any portion of its Notes to (a) any person who is already a party to this Agreement, (b) any person set forth on Schedule II hereto, or (c) any other person consented to by the Purchaser, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed (it being understood (without limitation) that the Purchaser may reasonably withhold its consent to a Transfer to any person who is a competitor, who is an actively participating investor in a competitor, or whose investment in the Notes is funded directly or indirectly by a competitor, in each case to the extent such competitor is a competitor of the Purchaser in any material business in which the Purchaser is currently engaged; provided, further, that (i) in the cause of the foregoing clause (c), (x) the Transferor shall have given the Purchaser written notice of the proposed Transfer, including the name of the transferee and any other relevant information, at least five (5) Business Days prior to the Transfer, (y) the Purchaser shall have notified the Transferor in writing of its determination prior to the sixth (6th) Business Day after such notice (it being understood that the Purchaser shall be deemed to have consented to such proposed Transfer if Purchaser does not notify the Transferor of its determination within such period), and (z) that the transferee shall have executed joinder agreements in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A hereto and in the form attached as Exhibit D to the Note Purchase Agreement for the Third Lien Notes or, in either case, in a form otherwise acceptable to the Purchaser, and (ii) if the Transferor is transferring all of its Notes, then it shall have granted a release of the Purchaser, effective as of the Closing, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Purchaser and substantially similar to the release to be provided pursuant to Section 7.1. Any Transfer in violation of the foregoing shall be null and void ab initio.
TRANSFER OF NOTES OR INTERESTS IN THIRD LIEN NOTES
