Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements Clause Samples
The 'Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements' clause defines the procedures and requirements that apply when a party to the agreement undergoes significant structural changes, such as merging with another entity, consolidating, or selling substantial assets. Typically, this clause outlines notification obligations, consent requirements, or the transfer of rights and obligations under the contract in such events. Its core function is to ensure that all parties are protected and informed in the event of major organizational changes, thereby preventing unexpected shifts in contractual relationships or obligations.
Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to, (i) enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation; (ii) liquidate, windup or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution); or (iii) convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any substantial part of its business or assets, or the capital stock of or other Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; provided, however, that:
(a) any of the actions described in the immediately preceding clauses (i) through (iii) may be taken with respect to any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party (other than the Borrower), including, for the avoidance of doubt, the sale, transfer or other disposition of the capital stock of or other Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of the Borrower, so long as immediately prior to the taking of such action, and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence;
(b) the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the other Loan Parties may lease and sublease their respective assets, as lessor or sublessor (as the case may be), in the ordinary course of their business;
(c) a Person may merge with and into the Borrower so long as (i) the Borrower is the survivor of such merger, (ii) immediately prior to such merger, and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence; and (iii) the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent and the Lenders at least 10 Business Days’ prior written notice of such merger (except that such prior notice shall not be required in the case of the merger of a Subsidiary with and into the Borrower); and
(d) the Borrower and each Subsidiary may sell, transfer or dispose of assets among themselves.
Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to, (a) enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation (which, in the case of any acquisition as a result of a merger or consolidation, has a value equal to or greater than a Substantial Amount); (b) liquidate, windup or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution); (c) convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any substantial part of its business or assets, or the capital stock of or other Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; or (d) acquire the assets of, or make an Investment in, any other Person in an amount in excess of a Substantial Amount; provided, however, that:
(i) any Subsidiary may merge with a Loan Party so long as such Loan Party is the survivor;
(ii) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer or dispose of its assets to a Loan Party;
(iii) a Loan Party (other than the Borrower or any Eligible Property Subsidiary) and any Subsidiary that is not (and is not required to be) a Loan Party may convey, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any substantial part of its business or assets, or the capital stock of or other Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries, and immediately thereafter liquidate, provided that immediately prior to any such conveyance, sale, transfer, disposition or liquidation and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence;
(iv) any Loan Party and any other Subsidiary may, directly or indirectly, (A) acquire (whether by purchase, acquisition of Equity Interests of a Person, or as a result of a merger or consolidation) a Substantial Amount of the assets of, or make an Investment of a Substantial Amount in, any other Person and (B) sell, lease or otherwise transfer, whether by one or a series of transactions, a Substantial Amount of assets (including capital stock or other securities of Subsidiaries) to any other Person, so long as, in each case, (1) the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent and the Lenders at least 30 days’ prior written notice of such consolidation, merger, acquisition, Investment, sale, lease or other transfer; (2) immediately prior thereto, and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in...
Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements. The Parent Guarantor and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or other Subsidiary to, (a) enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation; (b) liquidate, windup or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution); or (c) convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any substantial part of its business or assets, or the capital stock of or other Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; provided, however, that:
(i) any Subsidiary (other than the Borrower) may merge (A) with any other Subsidiary so long as in the case of any such merger involving a Loan Party, after giving effect to such merger, Borrower is in compliance with the requirements of Section 8.14.(b) and (B) with the Borrower or Parent Guarantor so long as the Borrower or Parent Guarantor, as applicable, is the surviving entity;
(A) any Subsidiary (other than the Borrower) may sell, transfer or dispose of its assets to a Loan Party or a Non-Loan Party BB Property Subsidiary, and (B) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party or a Non-Loan Party BB Property Subsidiary may sell, transfer or dispose of its assets to any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party or a Non-Loan Party BB Property Subsidiary;
(iii) a Loan Party (other than the Parent Guarantor, the Borrower, any Loan Party or any Non-Loan Party BB Property Subsidiary which directly or indirectly owns in fee simple a Borrowing Base Property, or is party to a Qualified Ground Lease in respect thereof) and any other Subsidiary that is not (and is not required to be) a Subsidiary Guarantor or is not a Non-Loan Party BB Property Subsidiary may convey, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any substantial part of its business or assets, or the capital stock of or other Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries, and immediately thereafter liquidate, provided that immediately prior to any such conveyance, sale, transfer, disposition or liquidation and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence;
(iv) any Subsidiary that (A) does not directly or indirectly own a Borrowing Base Property or (B) ceases to own any operating assets or conduct any business may liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself;
(v) any Loan Party and any other Subsidiary may acquire or sell or ot...
Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to: (a) merge or consolidate; (b) liquidate, windup or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) or (c) convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions and whether effected pursuant to a Division or otherwise, assets, or the capital stock of or other Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries having a fair market value in excess of a Substantial Amount, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; provided, however, that, subject to the restrictions set forth in Section 8.17. and Section 10.11.:
(i) the Parent or any Subsidiary of the Parent may enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation with or into any other Subsidiary of the Parent or any other Person; provided, however, that:
(A) (1) immediately prior to entering into such transaction no Default or Event of Default shall exist and (2) at the time of, and immediately thereafter and after giving effect to such transaction no Event of Default arising under Section 11.1.(a), (e) or (f) shall have occurred and be continuing, nor, as the result of the occurrence of any other Event of Default, have the Obligations been accelerated pursuant to Section 11.2.;
(B) in the case of any merger or consolidation involving (1) any Borrower, such Borrower shall be the surviving entity; (2) the Parent (other than with any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor), the Parent shall be the surviving entity; or
Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements. (a) No Subsidiary Borrower will become a party to any dissolution, liquidation or disposition of all or substantially all of such Subsidiary Borrower’s assets or business, a merger, reorganization, consolidation or other business combination or agree to effect any asset acquisition, stock acquisition or other acquisition individually or in a series of transactions which may have a similar effect as any of the foregoing, in each case without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders, except for (i) the merger or consolidation of a Subsidiary Borrower with another Subsidiary Borrower, (ii) the merger or consolidation of a Subsidiary Borrower where the Subsidiary Borrower is the sole surviving entity, and (iii) dispositions of property that has been removed from the Unencumbered Pool pursuant to and compliance with the provisions of Section 7.13, and dispositions of property permitted pursuant to Section 7.18(i).
(b) EPR will not become a party to any dissolution, liquidation or disposition of all or substantially all of EPR’s assets or business, a merger, reorganization, consolidation or other business combination or agree to effect any asset acquisition, stock acquisition or other acquisition individually or in a series of transactions which may have a similar effect as any of the foregoing, in each case without the prior written consent of Required Lenders, except for (i) the merger or consolidation of EPR with one of its Subsidiaries, provided that such Subsidiary is not a Subsidiary Borrower; (ii) the merger or consolidation of EPR where EPR is the sole surviving entity provided however that any such merger or consolidation does not violate EPR’s status as a REIT; (iii) any acquisitions or investments; or (iv) any merger where EPR is the surviving entity such that a majority of the seats of the Board of Directors of the newly constituted entity are held by trustees of EPR serving as such prior to the time of such merger, or EPR otherwise maintains a controlling interest therein, provided further that such exceptions do not otherwise create any Default or Event of Default hereunder;
Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary or other Loan Party to: (i) enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation; (ii) liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution); or (iii) convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any substantial part of its business or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; provided, however, that:
(a) any of the actions described in the immediately preceding clauses (i) through (iii) may be taken with respect to any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party (other than the Borrower and the Operating Partnership) so long as immediately prior to the taking of such action, and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would exist; notwithstanding the foregoing, a Loan Party (other than the Borrower and the Operating Partnership) may enter into a transaction of merger pursuant to which such Loan Party is not the survivor of such merger only if (i) the Borrower shall have given the Administrative Agent and the Lenders at least 10 Business Days’ prior written notice of such merger, such notice to include a certification to the effect that immediately after and after giving effect to such action, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence; provided that if the survivor of such merger is (or is to become) a Loan Party, then such notice and certification may be given within 5 Business Days after the consummation of such merger; (ii) if the survivor entity is Person that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.13., the Borrower complies with the requirements of Section 7.13. within the time period provided in such Section; and (iii) such Loan Party and the survivor entity each takes such other action and delivers such other documents, instruments, opinions and agreements as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.
(b) the Borrower, its Subsidiaries and the other Loan Parties may lease and sublease their respective assets, as lessor or sublessor (as the case may be), in the ordinary course of their business;
(c) a Person may merge with and into the Borrower or the Operating Partnership so long as (i) the Borrower or the Operating Partnership, as the case may be, is the survivor of such merger, (ii) immediately prior to such merger, and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of ...
Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements. Without the prior written consent of the Requisite Lenders, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, the Parent and the Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to, (a) enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation; (b) liquidate, windup or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution); (c) convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any substantial part of its business or assets, or the capital stock of or other Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; or (d) acquire the assets of, or make an Investment in, any other Person involving consideration, or value, in excess of fifteen percent (15%) of Gross Asset Value for the quarter most recently ended as reported on the Compliance Certificate for such quarter; provided, however, that:
(i) any Subsidiary may merge with a Loan Party so long as such Loan Party is the survivor;
(ii) any Subsidiary may sell, transfer or dispose of its assets to a Loan Party;
(iii) a Loan Party (other than the Borrower or any Loan Party which owns a Borrowing Base Property) and any Subsidiary that is not (and is not required to be) a Loan Party may convey, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any substantial part of its business or assets, or the capital stock of or other Equity Interests in any of its Subsidiaries, and immediately thereafter liquidate, provided that immediately prior to any such conveyance, sale, transfer, disposition or liquidation and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence;
(iv) any Loan Party and any other Subsidiary may, directly or indirectly, (A) acquire (whether by purchase, acquisition of Equity Interests of a Person, or as a result of a merger or consolidation) the assets of, or make an Investment in, any other Person in excess of fifteen percent (15%) of Gross Asset Value for the quarter most recently ended as reported on the Compliance Certificate for such quarter, and (B) sell, lease or otherwise transfer, whether by one or a series of transactions, assets (including capital stock or other securities of Subsidiaries) in excess of fifteen percent (15%) of Gross Asset Value for the quarter most recently ended as reported on the Compliance Certificate for such quarter to any other Per...
Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary or other Loan Party to: (i) enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation; (ii) liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution); or (iii) convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of its business or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; provided, however, that:
(a) any of the actions described in the immediately preceding clauses (i) through (iii) may be taken with respect to any Subsidiary so long as: (x) immediately prior to the taking of such action, and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence and (y) if such action includes the disposition of a Collateral Property (regardless of whether such disposition takes the form of a direct sale of such Collateral Property, the sale of the Equity Interests of the Subsidiary that owns such Collateral Property or a merger of such Subsidiary), such Collateral Property can and will be released in accordance with Section 4.3.;
(b) a Person may merge with a Loan Party so long as (i) the survivor of such merger is such Loan Party or, in the case of any merger not involving the Borrower, becomes a Loan Party at the time of such merger, (ii) immediately prior to such merger, and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, (x) no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence and (y) the representations and warranties made or deemed made by the Borrower and each other Loan Party in the Loan Documents to which any of them is a party are and shall be true and correct in all material respects, except to the extent that such representations and warranties expressly relate solely to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date) and except for changes in factual circumstances not prohibited under the Loan Documents, and (iii) the Borrower shall have given the Agent at least 30-days’ prior written notice of such merger, such notice to include a certification as to the matters described in the immediately preceding clause (ii) (except that such prior notice shall not be required in the case of the merger of a Subsidiary that does not own a Collateral Property with and into a Loan Party but the Borrower shall give the Lender...
Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements. (a) Enter into, or permit any Subsidiary to enter into, any transaction of merger or consolidation; (b) liquidate, wind-up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution) or permit any Subsidiary to do any of the foregoing; or (c) convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any substantial part of its business or assets, or the capital stock of or other equity interests in any of its Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or permit any Subsidiary to do any of the foregoing; provided, however, that:
(i) Subsidiaries of the Borrower may merge or consolidate with the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary;
(ii) a Subsidiary may sell, transfer or dispose of its assets to the Borrower or any Wholly Owned Subsidiary;
(iii) a Wholly Owned Subsidiary may liquidate provided that immediately prior to such liquidation and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence;
(iv) So long as immediately prior to any of the following transactions, and immediately thereafter and after giving effect thereto, no Default or Event of Default is or would be in existence, including without limitation, a Default or Event of Default resulting from a violation of Section 10.9., a Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor may:
Merger, Consolidation, Sales of Assets and Other Arrangements. The Borrowers and Parent shall not, and shall not permit any other Loan Party to, (a) enter into any transaction of merger or consolidation; (b) liquidate, windup or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution); or (c) convey, sell, lease, sublease, transfer or otherwise dispose of, in one transaction or a series of transactions, all or any substantial part of its business or assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; provided, however, that:
(i) any Loan Party may merge with another Loan Party;
(ii) any Loan Party may sell, transfer or dispose of its assets to another Loan Party; and
(iii) the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties may lease and sublease their respective assets, as lessor or sublessor (as the case may be), in the ordinary course of their business.