Common use of MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, SALE OR LEASE Clause in Contracts

MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, SALE OR LEASE. SECTION 10.1. Documents required to be filed with the Trustee upon consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease - execution of supplemental indentures - acts of successor corporation. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantors with or into any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company, or any consolidation or merger of any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company with or into the Company or any Guarantor, or any sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any Guarantor to any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company lawfully entitled to acquire the same; provided, however, and the Company and the Guarantors hereby covenant and agree, that any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantors with or into any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company or the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall be upon the condition that (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Debt Securities according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the terms, covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company and the Guarantors shall, by an indenture supplemental hereto complying with the provisions of Section 12.1, executed and delivered to the Trustee, be expressly assumed by the corporation, partnership or limited liability company (other than the Company or the Guarantors) formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger, or which shall have received the transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, just as fully and effectually as if such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company had been an original party hereto; and (b) the Company, the Guarantor or such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition. Thereafter, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for the Debt Securities of any series, all obligations of the predecessor corporation, partnership or limited liability company under the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate. In the event of any such sale, transfer or lease, the predecessor Company or the Guarantor may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter. Every such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, upon executing an indenture supplemental hereto as provided in this Section 10.1 in form satisfactory to the Trustee, shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company and the Guarantors, as the case may be, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Company and the Guarantors; and any order, certificate or resolution of the Board or officers of the Company or the a Guarantor provided for in this Indenture may be made by like officials of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company. Such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company may thereupon cause to be signed, either in its own name or in the name of the Company or the Guarantors, with such suitable reference, if any, to such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease as may be required by the Trustee, any or all of the Debt Securities or Guarantees which shall not theretofore have been signed by the Company or the Guarantors and authenticated by the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent; and upon the written order of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company in lieu of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, signed by the President or any Vice President (regardless of Vice Presidential designation) and the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and restrictions herein prescribed with respect to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities and Guarantees, the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver any and all Debt Securities and Guarantees which shall have been previously signed by the proper officers of the Company and the Guarantors and delivered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent for authentication and any of such Debt Securities and Guarantees which such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company shall thereafter, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent for such purpose. All Debt Securities of any series so authenticated and delivered shall in all respects have the same rank as the Debt Securities of such series theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.

MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, SALE OR LEASE. SECTION 10.1. 10.1 Documents required to be filed with the Trustee upon consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease - -- execution of supplemental indentures - -- acts of successor corporation. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantors with or into any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company, or any consolidation or merger of any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company with or into the Company or any GuarantorCompany, or any sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any Guarantor to any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company lawfully entitled to acquire the same; provided, however, and the Company hereby covenants and the Guarantors hereby covenant and agreeagrees, that any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantors with or into any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company or the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall be upon the condition that (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal Principal of, premium, if any, make-whole amount, if any, and interest on all the Debt Securities according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the terms, covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company and the Guarantors shall, by an a supplemental indenture supplemental hereto complying with the provisions of Section 12.1, executed and delivered to the Trustee, be expressly assumed by the corporation, partnership or limited liability company (other than the Company or the GuarantorsCompany) formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger, or which shall have received the transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, just as fully and effectually as if such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company had been an original party hereto; and (b) the Company, the Guarantor Company or such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease lease, be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition. Thereafter, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for the Debt Securities of any series, all obligations of the predecessor corporation, partnership or limited liability company under the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate. In the event of any such sale, transfer or lease, the predecessor Company or the Guarantor may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter. Every such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, upon executing an a supplemental indenture supplemental hereto as provided in this Section 10.1 in form satisfactory to the Trustee, shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company and the Guarantors, as the case may be, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Company and the GuarantorsCompany; and any order, certificate or resolution of the Board or officers of the Company or the a Guarantor provided for in this Indenture may be made by like officials of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company. Such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company may thereupon cause to be signed, either in its own name or in the name of the Company or the GuarantorsCompany, with such suitable reference, if any, to such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease as may be required by the Trustee, any or all of the Debt Securities or Guarantees which shall not theretofore have been signed by the Company or the Guarantors and authenticated by the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent; and upon the written order of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company in lieu of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may beCompany, signed by the President or any Vice President (regardless of Vice Presidential designation) and the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer not less than two Officers of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and restrictions herein prescribed with respect to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities and GuaranteesSecurities, the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver any and all Debt Securities and Guarantees which shall have been previously signed by the proper officers Officers of the Company and the Guarantors and delivered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent for authentication and any of such Debt Securities and Guarantees which such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company shall thereafter, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent for such purpose. All Debt Securities of any series so authenticated and delivered shall in all respects have the same rank as the Debt Securities of such series theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 10.1 shall not apply in the event, and to the extent, that any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease described above is expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of any supplemental indenture governing any series of Debt Securities, provided that the Company complies with all conditions set forth in such supplemental indenture for any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease.

MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, SALE OR LEASE. SECTION 10.1. 10.1 Documents required to be filed with the Trustee upon consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease - execution of supplemental indentures - acts of successor corporation. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantors with or into any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company, or any consolidation or merger of any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company with or into the Company or any Guarantor, or any sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any Guarantor to any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company lawfully entitled to acquire the same; provided, however, and the Company and the Guarantors hereby covenant and agree, that any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantors with or into any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company or the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall be upon the condition that (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Debt Securities according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the terms, covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company and the Guarantors shall, by an indenture supplemental hereto complying with the provisions of Section 12.1, executed and delivered to the Trustee, be expressly assumed by the corporation, partnership or limited liability company (other than the Company or the Guarantors) formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger, or which shall have received the transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, just as fully and effectually as if such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company had been an original party hereto; and (b) the Company, the Guarantor or such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition. Thereafter, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for the Debt Securities of any series, all obligations of the predecessor corporation, partnership or limited liability company under the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate. In the event of any such sale, transfer or lease, the predecessor Company or the Guarantor may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter. Every such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, upon executing an indenture supplemental hereto as provided in this Section 10.1 in form satisfactory to the Trustee, shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company and the Guarantors, as the case may be, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Company and the Guarantors; and any order, certificate or resolution of the Board or officers of the Company or the a Guarantor provided for in this Indenture may be made by like officials of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company. Such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company may thereupon cause to be signed, either in its own name or in the name of the Company or the Guarantors, with such suitable reference, if any, to such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease as may be required by the Trustee, any or all of the Debt Securities or Guarantees which shall not theretofore have been signed by the Company or the Guarantors and authenticated by the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent; and upon the written order of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company in lieu of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, signed by the President or any Vice President (regardless of Vice Presidential designation) and the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and restrictions herein prescribed with respect to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities and Guarantees, the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver any and all Debt Securities and Guarantees which shall have been previously signed by the proper officers of the Company and the Guarantors and delivered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent for authentication and any of such Debt Securities and Guarantees which such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company shall thereafter, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent for such purpose. All Debt Securities of any series so authenticated and delivered shall in all respects have the same rank as the Debt Securities of such series theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 10.1 shall not apply in the event, and to the extent, that any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease described above is expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of any supplemental indenture governing any series of Debt Securities, provided that the Company or the applicable Guarantor (as the case may be) complies with all conditions set forth in such supplemental indenture for any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease.

MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, SALE OR LEASE. SECTION 10.1. Documents required to be filed with the Trustee upon consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease - execution of supplemental indentures - acts of successor corporation. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantors with or into any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company, or any consolidation or merger of any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company with or into the Company or any GuarantorCompany, or any sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any Guarantor to any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company lawfully entitled to acquire the same; provided, however, and the Company hereby covenants and the Guarantors hereby covenant and agreeagrees, that any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantors with or into any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company or the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall be upon the condition that (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Debt Securities according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the terms, covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company and the Guarantors shall, by an indenture supplemental hereto complying with the provisions of Section 12.1, executed and delivered to the Trustee, be expressly assumed by the corporation, partnership or limited liability company (other than the Company or the GuarantorsCompany) formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger, or which shall have received the transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, just as fully and effectually as if such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company had been an original party hereto; and (b) the Company, the Guarantor Company or such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition. Thereafter, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for the Debt Securities of any series, all obligations of the predecessor corporation, partnership or limited liability company under the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate. In the event of any such sale, transfer or lease, the predecessor Company or the Guarantor may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter. Every such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, upon executing an indenture supplemental hereto as provided in this Section 10.1 in form satisfactory to the Trustee, shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company and the Guarantors, as the case may be, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Company and the GuarantorsCompany; and any order, certificate or resolution of the Board or officers of the Company or the a Guarantor provided for in this Indenture may be made by like officials of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company. Such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company may thereupon cause to be signed, either in its own name or in the name of the Company or the GuarantorsCompany, with such suitable reference, if any, to such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease as may be required by the Trustee, any or all of the Debt Securities or Guarantees which shall not theretofore have been signed by the Company or the Guarantors and authenticated by the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent; and upon the written order of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company in lieu of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, signed by the President or any Vice President (regardless of Vice Presidential designation) and the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and restrictions herein prescribed with respect to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities and GuaranteesSecurities, the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver any and all Debt Securities and Guarantees which shall have been previously signed by the proper officers of the Company and the Guarantors and delivered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent for authentication and any of such Debt Securities and Guarantees which such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company shall thereafter, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent for such purpose. All Debt Securities of any series so authenticated and delivered shall in all respects have the same rank as the Debt Securities of such series theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 10.1 shall not apply in the event, and to the extent, that any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease described above is expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of any supplemental indenture governing any series of Debt Securities, provided that the Company complies with all conditions set forth in such supplemental indenture for any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease.

MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, SALE OR LEASE. SECTION 10.1. Documents required to be filed with the Trustee upon consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease - execution of supplemental indentures - acts of successor corporation. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantors with or into any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company, or any consolidation or merger of any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company with or into the Company or any GuarantorCompany, or any sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any Guarantor to any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company lawfully entitled to acquire the same; provided, however, and the Company hereby covenants and the Guarantors hereby covenant and agreeagrees, that any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantors with or into any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company or the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall be upon the condition that (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Debt Securities according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the terms, covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company and the Guarantors shall, by an indenture supplemental hereto complying with the provisions of Section 12.1, executed and delivered to the Trustee, be expressly assumed by the corporation, partnership or limited liability company (other than the Company or the GuarantorsCompany) formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger, or which shall have received the transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, just as fully and effectually as if such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company had been an original party hereto; and (b) the Company, the Guarantor Company or such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition. Thereafter, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for the Debt Securities of any series, all obligations of the predecessor corporation, partnership or limited liability company under the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate. In the event of any such sale, transfer or lease, the predecessor Company or the Guarantor may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter. Every such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, upon executing an indenture supplemental hereto as provided in this Section 10.1 in form satisfactory to the Trustee, shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company and the Guarantors, as the case may be, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Company and the GuarantorsCompany; and any order, certificate or resolution of the Board or officers of the Company or the a Guarantor provided for in this Indenture may be made by like officials of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company. Such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company may thereupon cause to be signed, either in its own name or in the name of the Company or the GuarantorsCompany, with such suitable reference, if any, to such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease as may be required by the Trustee, any or all of the Debt Securities or Guarantees which shall not theretofore have been signed by the Company or the Guarantors and authenticated by the Trustee -40- 48 or any Authenticating Agent; and upon the written order of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company in lieu of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, signed by the President or any Vice President (regardless of Vice Presidential designation) and the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and restrictions herein prescribed with respect to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities and GuaranteesSecurities, the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver any and all Debt Securities and Guarantees which shall have been previously signed by the proper officers of the Company and the Guarantors and delivered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent for authentication and any of such Debt Securities and Guarantees which such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company shall thereafter, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent for such purpose. All Debt Securities of any series so authenticated and delivered shall in all respects have the same rank as the Debt Securities of such series theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 10.1 shall not apply in the event, and to the extent, that any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease described above is expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of any supplemental indenture governing any series of Debt Securities, provided that the Company complies with all conditions set forth in such supplemental indenture for any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease.

MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, SALE OR LEASE. SECTION 10.1. 10.1 Documents required to be filed with the Trustee upon consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease - execution of supplemental indentures - acts of successor corporation. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantors with or into any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company, or any consolidation or merger of any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company with or into the Company or any Guarantor, or any sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any Guarantor to any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company lawfully entitled to acquire the same; provided, however, and the Company hereby covenants and the Guarantors hereby covenant and agreeagrees, that any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantors with or into any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company or the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall be upon the condition that (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Debt Securities according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the terms, covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company and the Guarantors shall, by an indenture supplemental hereto complying with the provisions of Section 12.1, executed and delivered to the Trustee, be expressly assumed by the corporation, partnership or limited liability company (other than the Company or the GuarantorsCompany) formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger, or which shall have received the transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, just as fully and effectually as if such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company had been an original party hereto; and (b) the Company, the Guarantor Company or such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition. Thereafter, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for the Debt Securities of any series, all obligations of the predecessor corporation, partnership or limited liability company under the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate. In the event of any such sale, transfer or lease, the predecessor Company or the Guarantor may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter. Every such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, upon executing an indenture supplemental hereto as provided in this Section 10.1 in form satisfactory to the Trustee, shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company and the Guarantors, as the case may be, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Company and the Guarantors; and any order, certificate or resolution of the Board or officers of the Company or the a Guarantor provided for in this Indenture may be made by like officials of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company. Such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company may thereupon cause to be signed, either in its own name or in the name of the Company or the GuarantorsCompany, with such suitable reference, if any, to such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease as may be required by the Trustee, any or all of the Debt Securities or Guarantees which shall not theretofore have been signed by the Company or the Guarantors and authenticated by the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent; and upon the written order of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company in lieu of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may beCompany, signed by the President or any Vice President (regardless of Vice Presidential designation) and the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and restrictions herein prescribed with respect to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities and GuaranteesSecurities, the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver any and all Debt Securities and Guarantees which shall have been previously signed by the proper officers of the Company and the Guarantors and delivered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent for authentication and any of such Debt Securities and Guarantees which such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company shall thereafter, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent for such purpose. All Debt Securities of any series so authenticated and delivered shall in all respects have the same rank as the Debt Securities of such series theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 10.1 shall not apply in the event, and to the extent, that any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease described above is expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of any supplemental indenture governing any series of Debt Securities, provided that the Company complies with all conditions set forth in such supplemental indenture for any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease.

MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, SALE OR LEASE. SECTION 10.1. Documents required to be filed with the Trustee upon consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease - execution of supplemental indentures - acts of successor corporation. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Debt Securities shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantors with or into any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company, or any consolidation or merger of any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company with or into the Company or any Guarantor, or any sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company or any Guarantor to any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company lawfully entitled to acquire the same; provided, however, and the Company and the Guarantors hereby covenant and agree, that any consolidation or merger of the Company or the Guarantors with or into any other corporation, partnership or limited liability company or the sale, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall be upon the condition that (a) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Debt Securities according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all the terms, covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be kept or performed by the Company and the Guarantors shall, by an indenture supplemental hereto complying with the provisions of Section 12.1, executed and delivered to the Trustee, be expressly assumed by the corporation, partnership or limited liability company (other than the Company or the Guarantors) formed by or resulting from any such consolidation or merger, or which shall have received the transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property and assets of the Company and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, just as fully and effectually as if such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company had been an original party hereto; and (b) the Company, the Guarantor or such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, as the case may be, shall not, immediately after such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease be in default in the performance of any such covenant or condition. Thereafter, unless otherwise specified pursuant to Section 2.2 for the Debt Securities of any series, all obligations of the predecessor corporation, partnership or limited liability company under the Debt Securities of such series shall terminate. In the event of any such sale, transfer or lease, the predecessor Company or the Guarantor may be dissolved, wound up and liquidated at any time thereafter. Every such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, upon executing an indenture supplemental hereto as provided in this Section 10.1 in form satisfactory to the Trustee, shall succeed to and be substituted for the Company and the Guarantors, as the case may be, with the same effect as if it had been named herein as the Company and the Guarantors; and any order, certificate or resolution of the Board or officers of the Company or the a Guarantor provided for in this Indenture may be made by like officials of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company. Such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company may thereupon cause to be signed, either in its own name or in the name of the Company or the Guarantors, with such -45- suitable reference, if any, to such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease as may be required by the Trustee, any or all of the Debt Securities or Guarantees which shall not theretofore have been signed by the Company or the Guarantors and authenticated by the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent; and upon the written order of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company in lieu of the Company or any Guarantor, as the case may be, signed by the President or any Vice President (regardless of Vice Presidential designation) and the Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer or any Assistant Treasurer of such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company, and subject to all the terms, conditions and restrictions herein prescribed with respect to the authentication and delivery of the Debt Securities and Guarantees, the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent shall authenticate and deliver any and all Debt Securities and Guarantees which shall have been previously signed by the proper officers of the Company and the Guarantors and delivered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent for authentication and any of such Debt Securities and Guarantees which such successor corporation, partnership or limited liability company shall thereafter, in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, cause to be signed and delivered to the Trustee or any Authenticating Agent for such purpose. All Debt Securities of any series so authenticated and delivered shall in all respects have the same rank as the Debt Securities of such series theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 10.1 shall not apply in the event, and to the extent, that any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease described above is expressly permitted pursuant to the terms of any supplemental indenture governing any series of Debt Securities, provided that the Company or the applicable Guarantor (as the case may be) complies with all conditions set forth in such supplemental indenture for any such consolidation, merger, sale, transfer or lease.