Common use of Merger Consolidation or Conversion Clause in Contracts

Merger Consolidation or Conversion. of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Special Servicer. (a) Subject to subsection (b) below, the Depositor, the Servicer and the Special Servicer each will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, and each will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its respective duties under this Agreement. (b) The Depositor, the Servicer and the Special Servicer each may be merged or consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any Person, in which case any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor, the Servicer or the Special Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Depositor, the Servicer or the Special Servicer, shall be the successor of the Depositor, the Servicer and the Special Servicer, as the case may be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper (other than an assumption agreement wherein the successor shall agree to perform the obligations of and serve as the Depositor, the Servicer or the Special Servicer, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement) or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that such merger, consolidation or succession will not result in a withdrawal, downgrading or qualification of the then-current ratings of the Classes of Certificates that have been so rated (as evidenced by a letter to such effect from each Rating Agency).