Consolidations and Mergers. The Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary (other than any Allied Unrestricted Subsidiary, any Securitization Subsidiary or any Republic Insurance Entity) to, merge, consolidate with, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any other Person, except:
(a) any Subsidiary may merge with the Borrower or with any one or more Subsidiaries; provided that (i) if any transaction shall be between the Borrower and a Subsidiary, the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, (ii) if any transaction shall be between a Subsidiary and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person; and (iii) if any transaction shall be between an Excluded Subsidiary and a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary, a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(b) any Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) may sell or transfer all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Borrower or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, and any Excluded Subsidiary may transfer all or substantially all of its assets to the Borrower or a Subsidiary that is not an Excluded Subsidiary for nominal consideration or as a result of the voluntary dissolution or liquidation of such Excluded Subsidiary; and
(c) any merger, consolidation or disposition in connection with a transaction permitted by Section 7.03 or an Acquisition permitted by Section 7.05.
Consolidations and Mergers. The Company shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, merge, consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except:
(a) any Subsidiary may merge with the Company, provided that the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, or with any one or more Subsidiaries, provided that if any transaction shall be between a Subsidiary and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving corporation; and
(b) any Subsidiary may sell all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise), to the Company or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
Consolidations and Mergers. The Borrower shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, merge, consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except:
(a) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may merge with the Borrower, provided that the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, or with any one or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower, provided that if any transaction shall be between a Subsidiary and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving corporation; and
(b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may sell all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise), to the Borrower or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Borrower.
Consolidations and Mergers. The Company shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Material Subsidiary to, merge, consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except:
(a) any Person may merge with the Company, provided that the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation;
(b) any Subsidiary may merge with the Company, provided that the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, or with any one or more Subsidiaries, provided that if any transaction shall be between a Subsidiary and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving corporation; and
(c) the Company or any Subsidiary may convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise), to the Company or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, as the case may be.
Consolidations and Mergers. The New Guarantor may consolidate with, or sell, lease or convey all or substantially all of its assets to, or merge with or into any other corporation; provided, that in any such case, (i) either the New Guarantor shall be the continuing corporation, or the successor corporation shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or a state thereof and such successor corporation shall expressly assume the due and punctual payment of the Guarantee Payments payable pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Partnership Guarantee to be performed by the New Guarantor by a separate guarantee satisfactory to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trust Preferred Guarantee Trustee by such corporation, and (ii) the New Guarantor or such successor corporation, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such merger or consolidation, or such sale, lease or conveyance, be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition.
Consolidations and Mergers. The Borrower shall not, nor shall it suffer or permit any of its Subsidiaries to, merge, consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person.
Consolidations and Mergers. The Company shall not, and shall not suffer or permit any Subsidiary to, merge, consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except:
(a) any Subsidiary may merge with the Company, provided that the Company shall be the continuing or surviving corporation, or with any one or more Subsidiaries; provided that if any transaction shall be between a Subsidiary and a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving corporation and if any transaction shall be between a Guarantor and a Subsidiary which is not a Guarantor, the Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving corporation;
(b) any Subsidiary may sell all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Company or another Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, which wholly-owned Subsidiary is a Guarantor if the selling Subsidiary is a Guarantor;
(c) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, or would occur after giving effect thereto, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may purchase all or substantially all of the assets of any Person, or acquire such Person by merger, if such acquisition is approved by the Administrative Agent and Required Lenders;
(d) as permitted by Section 9.2; or
(e) as permitted by Section 9.4(g).
Consolidations and Mergers. None of the Guarantors nor the Borrower shall, in one or more related transactions, (x) consolidate with or merge into any other Person or permit any other Person to merge into it or (y), directly or indirectly, transfer, convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of its properties or assets to any Person, unless, with respect to any transaction described in clause (x) or (y), immediately after giving effect to such transaction:
(a) the Person formed by any such consolidation or merger, if it is not the Borrower or such Guarantor, or the Person that acquires by transfer, conveyance, sale, lease or other disposition all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Borrower or such Guarantor (any such Person, a “Successor”) (i) shall be a corporation organized and validly existing under the laws of its place of incorporation, which in the case of a Successor to the Borrower shall be Mexico, the United States, Canada, France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland or the United Kingdom, or any political subdivision thereof, (ii) in the case of a Successor to the Borrower, shall expressly assume, pursuant to a written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders, the Obligations of the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement and the performance of every covenant on part of the Borrower to be performed and observed and (iii) in the case of a Successor to any Guarantor, shall expressly assume, pursuant to a written agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Lenders, the performance of every covenant of this Agreement on part of such Guarantor to be performed and observed;
(b) in the case of any such transaction involving the Borrower or any Guarantor, the Borrower or such Guarantor, or the Successor of any thereof, as the case may be, shall expressly agree to indemnify each Participating Lender and the Administrative Agent against any tax, levy, assessment or governmental charge payable by withholding or deduction thereafter imposed on such Participating Lender and/or the Administrative Agent solely as a consequence of such transaction with respect to payments under the Transaction Documents;
(c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, including for purposes of this clause (c) the substitution of any Successor to the Borrower for the Borrower or the substitution of any Successor to a Guarantor for such Guarantor and treating any De...
Consolidations and Mergers. No Borrower shall merge, consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except:
(a) any Borrower may merge with the Company, provided that the Company shall be the continuing or surviving Person, or with any one or more such Borrowers, provided that if any such transaction shall be between Borrowers, one of which is a Wholly Owned Subsidiary and one Borrower which is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, the Wholly Owned Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving Person;
(b) any Borrower may sell all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Company or a Wholly Owned Subsidiary that is a party to the Security Documents; and
(c) any Borrower may merge or consolidate with another Person (that is not the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) if (x) the Borrower involved in the merger or the consolidation is the surviving Person or the Person who is the survivor becomes a Wholly Owned Subsidiary as a result thereof and (y) immediately prior to and after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, there exists no Default or Event of Default.
Consolidations and Mergers. Borrower will not, nor will Borrower permit any other Credit Party to, consolidate or merge with or into any other Person; provided, that, so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or will result, Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or consolidate with any other Person so long as Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary is the surviving Person and, in the case of a Restricted Subsidiary, a wholly owned Subsidiary of Borrower.
