Consummation The Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder ------------ or Ripplewood Stockholder shall have 90 days from the date of the Final Notice or Ripplewood Final Notice, respectively, in which to sell to the Third Party the shares of Common Stock owned by the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder and the Included Shares of the other Stockholders having Tag-Along Rights on terms which are not materially less favorable to the sellers of shares of Common Stock than those specified in the applicable Initial Offer Notice; provided, however, that in -------- ------- the event there is a decrease in the price to be paid by the Third Party for the shares of Common Stock to be sold from the price set forth in the Initial Offer Notice or the Ripplewood Initial Offer Notice, as applicable, which decrease is acceptable to the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder (in the case of a Third Party Offer) or Ripplewood Stockholder (in the case of a Ripplewood Third Party Offer), or other material change in terms which are less favorable to the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, but which are acceptable to the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, shall notify the participating Stockholders of such decrease or change in terms, and each of the participating Stockholders shall have five business days from the date of receipt of the notice of such decrease or change in terms to reduce the number of shares of Common Stock it will sell to such Third Party as previously indicated in the applicable Acceptance Notice and the number of shares that all other participating stockholders (including Other Tag-Along Rights Holders) may transfer shall be increased in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.3; and provided, further, that in -------- ------- the event there is an increase in the price to be paid by the Third Party for the shares of Common Stock to be sold from the price set forth in the applicable Initial Offer Notice or other material change in terms which are more favorable to the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, shall notify the other Stockholders of such increase or change in terms, and each of the Stockholders who was eligible to but did not elect to participate to the full extent of their rights hereunder shall have five business days from the date of receipt of the notice of such increase or change in terms to increase the number of shares of Common Stock it will sell to such Third Party, and the number of shares that all other participating stockholders (including other Tag-Along Rights Holders) may transfer shall be decreased proportionately if necessary. A Third Party purchaser of shares of Common Stock which complies with this Section 3 shall not be subject to the obligations contained in this Section 3 with respect to future sales of their shares. The Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, shall cause to be remitted to the participating Stockholders the total sales price of the Included Shares of the participating Stockholders sold pursuant thereto, which consideration shall be in the same form and per share amount as the consideration received by the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, and as specified in the Initial Offer Notice (or Ripplewood Initial Offer Notice, as applicable), net (i) in an exercise of Tag-Along Rights by an Existing Stockholder, of the reasonable, incremental out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the FS Stockholder or Sears Stockholder in connection with such sale as a result of the Existing Stockholders' participation therein or (ii) in an exercise of Tag-Along Rights by the Sears Stockholder, the Ripplewood Stockholder or the FS Stockholder, of the pro rata portion (based on the number of shares of Common Stock included by each Stockholder compared to the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock included in such sale) of the reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with a sale consummated pursuant to this Section 3. The Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder shall furnish, or shall cause to be furnished, such other evidence of the completion and time of completion of such sale and the terms thereof as may be reasonably requested by the participating Stockholders including, without limitation, evidence of the expenses incurred by the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, in connection with such sale. If and to the extent that, at the end of 90 days following the date of the Final Notice (or Ripplewood Final Notice, as applicable), the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, has not completed the sale contemplated thereby, the Sears Stockholder, FS Stockholder or Ripplewood Stockholder, as the case may be, shall return to the participating Stockholders all certificates representing the Included Shares and all powers-of-attorney which the participating Stockholders may have transmitted pursuant to the terms hereof.
Mergers (a) The Trust may not consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other entity, except as described in Section 3.15(b) and (c) hereof.
(b) The Trust may, with the consent of a majority of the Regular Trustees and without the consent of the Holders of the Trust Securities, the Property Trustee or the Delaware Trustee, consolidate, amalgamate, merge with or into, or be replaced by a trust organized as such under the laws of any State of the United States, or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any corporation or other entity; provided, that:
(i) if the Trust is not the survivor, such successor entity (the “Successor Entity”) either:
(A) expressly assumes all of the obligations of the Trust to the Holders of the Trust Securities; or
(B) substitutes for the Trust Securities other securities having substantially the same terms as the Trust Securities (the “Successor Trust Securities”) so long as the Successor Trust Securities rank the same as the Trust Securities rank with respect to Capital Payments, distributions and rights upon liquidation, redemption or otherwise;
(ii) the Company expressly acknowledges a trustee of such Successor Entity possessing the same powers and duties as the Property Trustee as the holder of the Class B Preferred Securities;
(iii) if applicable, the Successor Trust Securities are listed, or any Successor Trust Securities will be listed upon notification of issuance, on any securities exchange or other organization on which the Trust Preferred Securities are then listed or quoted, and the Successor Securities have at least the same rating as the Trust Preferred Securities;
(iv) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement does not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges or tax treatment of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities (including any Successor Trust Securities) in any material respect;
(v) such Successor Entity has purposes substantially identical to that of the Trust,
(vi) such Successor Entity will be classified as a grantor trust for United States federal income tax purposes;
(vii) the Guarantor guarantees the obligations of such Successor Entity under the Successor Trust Securities to the same extent as provided under the Trust Preferred Guarantee;
(viii) prior to such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Bank has received an opinion of a nationally recognized law firm experienced in such matters to the effect that:
(A) such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement shall not adversely affect the rights, preferences and privileges or tax treatment of the Holders of the Trust Preferred Securities (including the Successor Trust Securities) in any material respect;
(B) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, neither the Trust nor such Successor Entity shall be required to register under the 1940 Act;
(C) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Trust (or such Successor Entity) shall be classified as a grantor trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes; and
(D) following such merger, consolidation, amalgamation or replacement, the Company shall not be classified as an association or a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes; and
