CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, SALE OR CONVEYANCE (i) The Issuer may consolidate with or merge into any other person, or sell, convey or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other person, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, provided that: (w) the entity (if other than the Issuer) formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger shall be organized and existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, and shall expressly assume, by an amendment to the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Notes pursuant to the Fiscal Agency Agreement, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, and premium, if any, and interest on, the Notes and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions to be performed or observed by the Issuer pursuant to the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Notes; (x) such amendment shall be in form reasonably satisfactory to the Fiscal and Principal Paying Agent, shall be duly executed by the entity succeeding the Issuer and, when so executed, shall constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of such entity succeeding the Issuer, enforceable against such entity in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether in a proceeding in equity or at law, and shall be delivered to the Fiscal and Principal Paying Agent; (y) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred or be continuing; and (z) the Issuer has delivered to the Fiscal and Principal Paying Agent an officers' certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that the conditions precedent to such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or transfer have been satisfied. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer may sell, convey or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any person which is directly or indirectly wholly-owned by one or more of the Issuer, the Guarantor and their wholly-owned Subsidiaries.
(ii) The Guarantor may consolidate with or merge into any other person, or sell, convey or transfer all or substantially all of its assets to any other person, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, provided that: (v) the purchasing or transferee corporation or the successor, continuing or resulting corporation in the case of a merger or consolidation (if the Guarantor is not the surviving corporation), as the case may be (the "Successor Guarantor"), expressly assumes, by an amendment to the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Guarantee pursuant to the Fiscal Agency Agreement, the obligations of the Guarantor under the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Guarantee and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the covenants and conditions to be performed or observed by the Guarantor pursuant to the Fiscal Agency Agreement and the Guarantee; (w) such amendment shall be in form reasonably satisfactory to the Fiscal and Principal Paying Agent, shall be duly executed by the Successor Guarantor and, when so executed, shall constitute a valid and legally binding agreement of such Successor Guarantor, enforceable against such Successor Guarantor in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer and other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and to general principles of equity, regardless of whether in a proceeding in equity or at law, and shall be delivered to the Fiscal and Principal Paying Agent; (x) if such Successor Guarantor is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the Federal Republic of Germany (a "Successor Guarantor Jurisdiction"), such Successor Guarantor agrees to assume the Guarantor's obligations under the Guarantee to pay any U.S. Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 3(b)(i) herein or any amounts akin to German Additional Amounts pursuant to Section 3(b)(ii) herein imposed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the Successor Guarantor is organized; (y) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default, shall have occurred or be continuing; and (z) the Guarantor shall have delivered to the Fiscal and Principal Paying Agent an officers' certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that the conditions precedent to such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance or transfer have been satisfied. In addition to the foregoing conditions, in the event of any such assumption of the obligations of the Issuer or the Guarantor, the Issuer or the Guarantor, as the case may be, will be required to deliver an opinion of its counsel of recognized standing to the effect that such assumption of the Issuer's or the Guarantor's obligations under the Notes or the Guarantee, as the case may be, shall not be deemed for U.S. federal income tax purposes to be a taxable exchange of the Notes for new Notes by the Holders thereof, resulting in the recognition of gain or loss for such purposes or resulting in any other material adverse tax consequences to Holders of the Notes.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE SECTION 8.1. Company May Consolidate, Etc.,
Reclassification, Consolidation, Purchase, Combination, Sale or Conveyance If, at any time while the Warrants are outstanding, (i) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any merger or consolidation of the Company with or into another person, (ii) the Company, directly or indirectly, effects any sale, lease, license, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets in one or a series of related transactions, (iii) any, direct or indirect, purchase offer, tender offer or exchange offer (whether by the Company or another person) is completed pursuant to which holders of Common Stock are permitted to sell, tender or exchange their shares for other securities, cash or property and has been accepted by the holders of 50% or more of the outstanding Common Stock, (iv) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions effects any reclassification, reorganization or recapitalization of the Common Stock or any compulsory share exchange pursuant to which the Common Stock is effectively converted into or exchanged for other securities, cash or property, or (v) the Company, directly or indirectly, in one or more related transactions consummates a stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination (including, without limitation, a reorganization, recapitalization, spin-off or scheme of arrangement) with another person whereby such other person acquires more than 50% of the outstanding shares of Common Stock (not including any shares of Common Stock held by the other person or other persons making or party to, or associated or affiliated with the other persons making or party to, such stock or share purchase agreement or other business combination) (each a “Fundamental Transaction”), then, upon any subsequent exercise of a Warrant, each Holder shall have the right to receive, for each Warrant Share that would have been issuable upon such exercise immediately prior to the occurrence of such Fundamental Transaction, the same amount and kind of securities, cash or property, if any, of the successor or acquiring corporation or of the Company, if it is the surviving corporation, and any additional consideration (the “Alternate Consideration”) receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which each Warrant is exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction. For purposes of any such exercise, the determination of the Exercise Price shall be appropriately adjusted to apply to such Alternate Consideration based on the amount of Alternate Consideration issuable in respect of one share of Common Stock in such Fundamental Transaction, and the Company shall apportion the Exercise Price among the Alternate Consideration in a reasonable manner reflecting the relative value of any different components of the Alternate Consideration. If holders of Common Stock are given any choice as to the securities, cash or property to be received in a Fundamental Transaction, then the Holder shall be given the same choice as to the Alternate Consideration that such Holder receives upon any exercise of each Warrant following such Fundamental Transaction. The Company shall cause any successor entity in a Fundamental Transaction in which the Company is not the survivor (the “Successor Entity”) and for which stockholders received any equity securities of the Successor Entity, to assume in writing all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant Agreement in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.3 pursuant to written agreements and shall, upon the written request of such Holder, deliver to such Holder in exchange for the applicable Warrants created by this Warrant Agreement a security of the Successor Entity evidenced by a written instrument substantially similar in form and substance to the Warrants which are exercisable for a corresponding number of shares of capital stock of such Successor Entity (or its parent entity), if any, plus any Alternate Consideration, receivable as a result of such Fundamental Transaction by a holder of the number of shares of Common Stock for which the Warrants are exercisable immediately prior to such Fundamental Transaction, and with an exercise price which applies the Exercise Price hereunder to such shares of capital stock, if any, plus any Alternate Consideration (but taking into account the relative value of the shares of Common Stock pursuant to such Fundamental Transaction and the value of such shares of capital stock, such number of shares of capital stock and such exercise price being for the purpose of protecting the economic value of such Warrant immediately prior to the consummation of such Fundamental Transaction). Upon the occurrence of any such Fundamental Transaction the Successor Entity shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such Fundamental Transaction, the provisions of this Warrant Agreement and the Warrants referring to the “Company” shall refer instead to the Successor Entity), and may exercise every right and power of the Company and shall assume all of the obligations of the Company under this Warrant Agreement and the Warrants with the same effect as if such Successor Entity had been named as the Company herein and therein. The Company shall instruct the Warrant Agent to mail, by first class mail, postage prepaid, to each Holder, written notice of the execution of any such amendment, supplement to this Warrant Agreement and/or the Warrants or other agreement. Any such amendment, supplement or other agreement entered into by the Successor Entity shall provide for adjustments, which shall be as nearly equivalent as may be practicable to the adjustments provided for in this Section 4. The Warrant Agent shall be under no responsibility to determine the correctness of any provisions contained in such amendment, supplement or other agreement relating either to the kind or amount of securities or other property receivable upon exercise of the Warrants or with respect to the method employed and provided therein for any adjustments and shall be entitled to rely upon the provisions contained in any such amendment, supplement or other agreement. The provisions of this Section 4.3 shall similarly apply to successive reclassifications, changes, consolidations, mergers, sales and conveyances of the kind described above.
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE OR TRANSFER Section 801. Company May Consolidate, Etc.,
Consolidation Merger Sale Conveyance and Lease SECTION 10.01. Company May Consolidate, etc.,
Merger Consolidation or Conversion of the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the REMIC Administrator. Subject to the following paragraph, the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the REMIC Administrator each will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation or other business organization under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, and each will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign corporation or otherwise 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. The Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer and the REMIC Administrator each may be merged or consolidated with or into any Person, or transfer all or substantially all of its assets (which, as to the Master Servicer and the Special Servicer, may be limited to all or substantially all of its assets relating to the business of mortgage loan servicing) to any Person, in which case any Person resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the REMIC Administrator shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the REMIC Administrator, shall be the successor of the Depositor, the Mortgage Loan Seller, the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer or the REMIC Administrator, as the case may be, hereunder, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, however, that no successor or surviving Person shall succeed to the rights of the Master Servicer, the Special Servicer, or the Mortgage Loan Seller unless such succession will not result in any withdrawal, downgrade or qualification of the rating then assigned by [either] Rating Agency to any Class of Certificates (as confirmed in writing).
Merger or Consolidation Section 8.11
Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption of the Obligations ------------------------------------------------------------ of, Seller. Any Person (a) into which the Seller may be merged or consolidated, ---------- (b) which may result from any merger or consolidation to which the Seller shall be a party or (c) which may succeed to the properties and assets of the Seller substantially as a whole, which Person in any of the foregoing cases executes an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Seller under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Seller hereunder without the execution or filing of any document or any further act by any of the parties to this Agreement; provided, however, that (i) the Seller shall have received the written consent of the Insurer prior to entering into any such transaction, (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Section 3.1 shall have been breached and no Servicer Termination Event, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Servicer Termination Event shall have happened and be continuing, (iii) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the Insurer an Officers' Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel each stating that such consolidation, merger or succession and such agreement of assumption comply with this Section and that all conditions precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement relating to such transaction have been complied with, (iv) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction and (v) the Seller shall have delivered to the Owner Trustee, the Trust Collateral Agent, the Backup Servicer, the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the Insurer an Opinion of Counsel stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, either (A) all financing statements and continuation statements and amendments thereto have been executed and filed that are necessary fully to preserve and protect the interest of the Trust Collateral Agent, the Owner Trustee and the Trustee, respectively, in the Receivables and reciting the details of such filings or (B) no such action shall be necessary to preserve and protect such interest. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the execution of the foregoing agreement of assumption and compliance with clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v) above shall be conditions to the consummation of the transactions referred to in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above.
Merger, Consolidation Other than with respect to or in connection with any disposition permitted under §8.8, the Borrower will not, nor will it permit the Guarantors or any of their respective Subsidiaries to, become a party to any dissolution, liquidation, disposition of all or substantially all of its assets or business, merger, reorganization, consolidation or other business combination or agree to effect any asset acquisition, stock acquisition or other acquisition individually or in a series of transactions which may have a similar effect as any of the foregoing, in each case without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing immediately before and after giving effect thereto, the following shall be permitted without the consent of the Agent or any Lender: (i) the merger or consolidation of one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower (other than any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor) with and into the Borrower (it being understood and agreed that in any such event the Borrower will be the surviving Person), (ii) the merger or consolidation of two or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower; provided that no such merger or consolidation shall involve any Subsidiary that is a Guarantor unless such Guarantor will be the surviving Person, and (iii) the liquidation or dissolution of any Subsidiary of the Borrower that does not own any assets so long as such Subsidiary is not a Guarantor (or if such Subsidiary is a Guarantor, so long as the Borrower and such Subsidiary comply with the provisions of §5.5 and §5.6). Nothing in this §8.4 shall prohibit the dissolution of a Subsidiary which has disposed of its assets in accordance with this Agreement. A Subsidiary of the Borrower may sell all of its assets (and may effectuate such sale by merger or consolidation with another Person, with such other Person being the surviving entity) subject to compliance with the terms of this Agreement (including, without limitation, §§5.4 and 8.8), and after any such permitted sale, may dissolve.
Merger or Consolidation Conversion Reorganization (a) Merger or Consolidation.
(1) Pursuant to an agreement of merger or consolidation, the Board of Trustees may cause the Trust or any of its subsidiaries to merge or consolidate with or into one or more statutory trusts or “other business entities” (as defined in Section 3801 of the Delaware Act) formed or organized or existing under the laws of the State of Delaware or any other state of the United States or any foreign country or other foreign jurisdiction. Any such merger or consolidation shall require approval by vote of the Board of Trustees followed by approval of the Shareholders as set forth in Section 9.1.
(2) By reference to Section 3815(f) of the Delaware Act, any agreement of merger or consolidation approved in accordance with this Section 9.3(a) may, without a separate Shareholder vote, unless required by the 1940 Act or the requirements of any stock exchange on which Shares are listed for trading, effect any amendment to the Governing Instrument or effect the adoption of a new governing instrument if the Trust is the surviving or resulting statutory trust in the merger or consolidation, which amendment or new governing instrument shall be effective at the effective time or date of the merger or consolidation.
(3) If the Trust is to be the surviving or resulting statutory trust, any one (1) Trustee shall execute, and cause to be filed, a certificate of merger or consolidation in accordance with Section 3815 of the Delaware Act.
