ARTICLE IV
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 4.1 Amendments and Waivers. This Agreement (including its Exhibits) may be modified, amended or waived only with the written approval of Pubco (as approved by the Board) and BDT WSP Holdings, LLC. All parties to this Agreement shall be bound by any modification, amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this Section 4.1, whether or not such party has consented thereto; provided, however, that an amendment or modification that would affect any other party in a manner materially and disproportionately adverse to such party shall be effective against such party so materially and adversely affected only with the prior written consent of such party, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The failure of any party to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement shall in no way be construed as a waiver of such provisions and shall not affect the right of such party thereafter to enforce each and every provision of this Agreement in accordance with its terms. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 4.1, nothing in this Section 4.1 shall be deemed to contradict the provisions of Section 2.3.
Section 4.2 Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights or obligations hereunder shall be assigned by any party hereto without the prior written consent of Pubco, Holdco and WSP. Subject to the preceding sentence, this Agreement will be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
Section 4.3 Tax Treatment and Plan of Reorganization.
(a) The Weber Merger Sub-Blocker Merger, together with Blocker-Pubco Merger, is intended to qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the documents effectuating the Weber Merger Sub-Blocker Merger and the Blocker-Pubco Merger, and this Agreement, are intended to constitute a plan of reorganization for purposes of Section 368 of the Code and related provisions of the Code.
(b) After the WSP Merger Sub-WSP Merger, HoldCo is intended to be treated for U.S. federal and, as applicable, state and local income tax purposes, as a continuation of WSP within the meaning of Section 708(a) of the Code and the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder and any similar provisions of state or local law.
(c) The Class B Common Stock Purchases, together with the acquisition of (i) Class A Common Stock in the IPO and (ii) the Pubco LLC Unit Purchase, are intended to be treated as a transaction qualifying under Section 351 of the Code.
(d) The June Conversion is intended to be treated as a liquidation under Section 332 of the Code, and the documents effectuating, and this Agreement, are intended to constitute a plan of liquidation for purposes of Section 332 of the Code.
(e) The June LLC Contribution is intended to be treated, pursuant to Rev. Rul. 99-5 (Situation 2), as (i) the contribution by WSP of $270,000 to June LLC in exchange for partnership interests of June LLC and (ii) contribution by June Intermediate of all of the assets and liabilities of June LLC to June LLC in exchange for partnership interests of June LLC, in a transaction subject to Section 721 of the Code that is not part of a disguised sale under Section 707 of the Code.
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