Mergers, Consolidations Sales of Assets and -------------------------------------------- Acquisitions. (a) JCPenney shall not consolidate with or merge into any other ------------- corporation or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any person, unless: (i) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which JCPenney is merged or the person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of JCPenney substantially as an entirety shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an instrument in writing (delivered to the Lenders) the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest, if any, on all the Loans and all other amounts payable by JCPenney under this Agreement and all the rights, interests and other obligations of JCPenney under this Agreement; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, (x) the representations and warranties set forth in Article III shall be true and correct in all material respects on the date of such transaction with the same effect as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date and (y) no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (iii) JCPenney shall have delivered an Officer's Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such written instrument comply with this Section 6.04(a); provided that JCPenney and the Subsidiaries will be permitted to sell, transfer -------- and otherwise dispose of Unrestricted Margin Stock without regard to the foregoing restrictions. (b) Funding shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any person, except that Funding may merge into JCPenney or a direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary of JCPenney subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions: (i) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which Funding is merged or the person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of Funding substantially as an entirety shall expressly assume, by an instrument in writing (delivered to the Lenders) the due and punctual payment of the principal and interest, if any, on all the Loans and all other amounts payable by Funding under this Agreement and all the rights, interests and other obligations of Funding under this Agreement; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, (x) the representations and warranties set forth in Article III shall be true and correct in all material respects on the date of such transaction with the same effect as if made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date and (y) no Event of Default or Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (iii) Funding shall have delivered an Officer's Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer and such written instrument comply with this Section 6.04(b).
Mergers, Consolidations, Etc (a) The Company shall not, directly or indirectly: (1) consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company is the surviving Person); or (2) sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole, in one or more related transactions, to another Person, unless: (1) either: (a) the Company is the surviving Person; or (b) the Person (if other than the Company) formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made (x) is a corporation, limited liability company, trust or limited partnership organized or existing under the laws of an Eligible Jurisdiction and (y) assumes all the obligations of the Company under the Notes, this Indenture and the Security Documents pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; (2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists; (3) either (a) the Company or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company), or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition has been made, shall, on the date of such transaction after giving pro forma effect thereto and to any related financing transactions as if the same had occurred at the beginning of the applicable four-quarter period, be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness pursuant to the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test set forth in Section 4.10(a) or (b) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Company or such surviving Person determined in accordance with Section 4.10(a) shall be greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio test for the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries immediately prior to such transaction, in each case, determined on a pro forma basis; and (4) delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate that the merger, consolidation or sale of assets complies with this Indenture and that all conditions precedent have been complied with. In addition, the Company may not, directly or indirectly, lease all or substantially all of its properties or assets, in one or more related transactions, to any other Person; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit the chartering out of Vessels in the ordinary course of business. For purposes of this Section 5.01, the transfer (by lease, assignment, sale or otherwise, in a single transaction or series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of one or more Restricted Subsidiaries, the Equity Interests of which constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company, shall be deemed to be the transfer of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company. (b) The Company shall not permit any Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, consolidate, amalgamate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company or such Guarantor is the surviving Person) unless: (1) subject to the Note Guarantee release provisions of Section 4.16, such Guarantor is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation, amalgamation or merger (if other than the Company or a Guarantor) expressly assumes all the obligations of such Guarantor under the Note Guarantee of such Guarantor, this Indenture, and the Security Documents pursuant to agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee; and (2) immediately after such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists. (c) This Section 5.01 shall not apply to a merger of the Company, a Guarantor or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary of such Person with an Affiliate solely for the purpose, and with the effect, of reorganizing the Company, a Guarantor or a Wholly Owned Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, in an Eligible Jurisdiction. In addition, nothing in this Section 5.01 shall prohibit any Restricted Subsidiary from consolidating or amalgamating with, merging with or into or conveying, transferring or leasing, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of its assets to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary or reconstituting itself in another jurisdiction for the purpose of reflagging a vessel.
Mergers, Consolidations, Sales Not, and not permit any Subsidiary to, (a) be a party to any merger or consolidation, or purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of the assets or any Equity Interests of any class of, or any partnership or joint venture interest in, any other Person, except for Investments otherwise permitted by Section 11.9, (b) sell, transfer, convey or lease all or substantially all of its assets (including the sale of all or substantially all of the Equity Interests of any Subsidiary) except (i) for sales of inventory and obsolete equipment in the ordinary course of business or (ii) so long as no Unmatured Event of Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (c) sell or assign with or without recourse any receivables; except that the restrictions set forth in clauses (a)-(c) above shall not apply to (i) any merger, consolidation, sale, transfer, conveyance, lease or assignment of or by any Subsidiary into the Company (provided that the Company shall be the continuing or surviving entity) or any other Subsidiary; (ii) any such purchase or other acquisition by the Company or any Subsidiary of the assets or Equity Interests of any Subsidiary; (iii) any Subsidiary may liquidate, dissolve or wind-up if the Company determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Company and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; (iv) the discount or sale, in each case without recourse and in the ordinary course of business, of past due receivables arising in the ordinary course of business, but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof consistent with customary industry practice (and not as part of any bulk sale or financing of receivables), (v) Investments made in accordance with Section 11.9, (vi) Liens incurred in compliance with Section 11.2, (vii) any Acquisition (a) existing on, or contractually committed to or contemplated as of, the Effective Date and (b) any modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any Investment described in clause (a) above so long as no such modification, replacement, renewal or extension increases the amount of such Investment except by the terms thereof in effect on the Effective Date (including as a result of the accrual or accretion of interest or original issue discount or the issuance of pay-in-kind securities) or as otherwise permitted by this Section 11.4, (viii) any Acquisition by the Company, any Subsidiary or any Insurance Subsidiary where: (A) the Acquisition is of a Person in a line of business which is similar or complementary to the lines of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date; (B) immediately after giving effect to such Acquisition, no Event of Default shall exist or would result of such Acquisition; and (C) in the case of the Acquisition of any Person, to the extent that an Acquisition which is structured as a merger involving the Company, the Company is the surviving Person, and (ix) any sale, transfer or disposition of the Equity Interests or assets of Central Health Plan of California, Inc. and Universal Care, Inc. (d/b/a Brand New Day). All sales, transfers or dispositions made by the Company or any Subsidiary pursuant to this Section 11.4 (other than those permitted by clause (ii) or (iii)) shall be made for fair value and for at least 75% cash consideration, and
Mergers, Consolidations or Sales No Loan Party shall enter into any transaction of merger, reorganization, or consolidation, or transfer, sell, assign, lease, or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property, or wind up, liquidate or dissolve, or agree to do any of the foregoing, except: (a) (i) sales of Inventory in the ordinary course of its business, and (ii) sales of excess Inventory not in the ordinary course of its business as permitted by the First Lien Credit Agreement; (b) (i) sales or other dispositions of Equipment of the Parent or the Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business that are obsolete or no longer useable on a commercially reasonable basis by any such Person in its business, and (ii) so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the sale of Equipment by a Borrower to another Borrower and the sale of Equipment by a Guarantor to another Borrower Party. All proceeds of a sale or disposition under clause (i) or (ii) above, after payment of reasonable selling costs, shall be deposited in a Payment Account. All Equipment purchased with such proceeds shall be free and clear of all Liens, except the Agent's Liens; (c) the merger of a Borrower into another Borrower so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, (ii) the Borrower Parties provide the Agent with ten (10) days prior written notice of such merger, (iii) in the event of a merger involving the Parent, the Parent shall be the surviving Person, and (iv) contemporaneously with such merger, the Borrower Parties deliver to the Agent all documents reasonably requested by the Agent to continue the Agent's Liens on the Collateral, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, including, without limitation, such pledge agreements, new stock certificates and stock powers, financing statements or other documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Agent; (d) the merger of a Guarantor into another Guarantor so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, (ii) the Borrower Parties provide the Agent with ten (10) days prior written notice of such merger, and (iii) contemporaneously with such merger, the Borrower Parties deliver to the Agent all documents reasonably requested by the Agent to continue the Agent's Liens on the Collateral, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, including, without limitation, such pledge agreements, new stock certificates and stock powers, financing statements or other documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Agent; and (e) the merger of a Guarantor into a Borrower so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, (ii) the applicable Borrower shall be the surviving Person, (iii) the Borrower Parties provide the Agent with ten (10) days prior written notice of such merger, and (iv) contemporaneously with such merger, the Borrower Parties deliver to the Agent all documents reasonably requested by the Agent to continue the Agent's Liens on the Collateral, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent, including, without limitation, such pledge agreements, new stock certificates and stock powers, financing statements or other documents as shall be reasonably requested by the Agent; (f) Permitted Acquisitions; (g) disposition of other assets having a fair market value not to exceed $2,000,000 during any Fiscal Year or $7,000,000 in the aggregate during the term of this Agreement; (h) disposition of Real Estate acquired in connection with the acquisition of Toastmaster Inc. set forth on Schedule 7.9 and any of the personal property (except Inventory) located thereon; and (i) disposition of Proprietary Rights to a Subsidiary of any Borrower Party; provided, that prior to the consummation of any such disposition, the Agent shall be satisfied in its sole discretion of the continued second lien priority and validity of the Agent's Lien in all such Proprietary Rights.
Mergers, Consolidations and Sales Except with the prior written consent of the Required Lenders (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit Whitestone REIT or any Subsidiary to, effect any merger or consolidation, or sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its Property, including any disposition of Property as part of a sale and leaseback transaction, or in any event sell or discount (with or without recourse) any of its notes or accounts receivable; provided, however, so long as no Default or Event of Default then exist, this Section shall not apply to nor operate to prevent: (a) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of Property of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries to one another in the ordinary course of its business; (b) sales of shares of capital stock or other equity interests by Borrower or Whitesone REIT, so long as no Change of Control results therefrom; (c) the merger of any Subsidiary with and into the Borrower or any other Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of any merger involving the Borrower, the Borrower is the entity surviving the merger; (d) the sale, transfer or other disposition of any tangible personal property that, in the reasonable business judgment of the Borrower or its Subsidiary, has become obsolete or worn out, and which is disposed of in the ordinary course of business; (e) the sale, transfer, lease or other disposition of Property of the Borrower or any Subsidiary (including any disposition of Property as part of a sale and leaseback transaction) aggregating not more than 20% of the Total Asset Value of the Borrower for all such transactions after the date of this Agreement; (f) any merger if it results in the simultaneous payoff in immediately available funds of the Obligations; and (g) the merger or consolidation of the Borrower with another Person not otherwise permitted under clauses (c) and (f) above, so long as (i) the Borrower is the surviving entity, (ii) the Borrower has delivered evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent that it will be in pro forma compliance with all provisions of this Agreement upon and after such merger or consolidation and (iii) the Borrower will not engage in any material line of business substantially different from that engaged in on the Closing Date.