Assignment Subletting Mortgages Etc. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Article 10, prior to the Lease Restrictions Expiration Date, neither this Lease nor any interest of Tenant in this Lease, shall be sold, assigned, or otherwise transferred, whether by operation of law or otherwise, nor shall any of the issued or outstanding capital stock of any corporation which, directly or indirectly, is Tenant be (voluntarily or involuntarily) sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or encumbered, whether by operation of law or otherwise, if such sale, assignment, transfer, pledge or encumbrance will result in a change of the controlling stock ownership of Tenant as held by the shareholders thereof as of the Commencement Date, nor shall any voting trust or similar agreement be entered into with respect to such stock, nor any reclassification or modification of the terms of such stock take place, nor shall there be any merger or consolidation of such corporation into or with another corporation nor shall additional stock (or any warrants, options or debt securities convertible, directly or indirectly, into such stock) in any such corporation be issued if the issuance of such additional stock (or such other securities, when exercised or converted into stock) will result in a change of the controlling stock ownership of such corporation as held by the shareholders thereof as of the Commencement Date, nor shall any general partner's interest in a partnership which is Tenant be (voluntarily or involuntarily) sold, assigned or transferred (each of the foregoing transactions with respect to stock or other securities of a corporation or a general partner's interest in a partnership being herein referred to as a
Assignment Subletting Mortgages Etc