Common use of Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption, of the Obligations of the Transferor or the Seller Clause in Contracts

Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption, of the Obligations of the Transferor or the Seller. (a) The Transferor shall not consolidate or merge with any other Person. (b) The Performance Guarantor shall not permit the sale, consolidation or merger to an entity or entities unaffiliated with the Performance Guarantor, of one or more Originators which are Affiliates of the Performance Guarantor, and that are responsible for the origination and sale to the Seller (pursuant to the Receivables Sale Agreement) of a material portion of the Receivables intended to be sold and transferred to the Issuer pursuant to the Transaction Documents or if any such action would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. (c) Any Person (i) into which the Transferor or the Seller may be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, shall be a party, (iii) that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease substantially all of the assets of the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, or (iv) succeeding to the business of the Performance Guarantor, USCC, the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, which Person shall execute an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement. The Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, shall provide notice of any merger, consolidation, succession, conveyance or transfer pursuant to this Section 4.10(b) to each Managing Agent. (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Transferor or the Seller shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless: (i) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, substantially as an entirety shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State or the District of Columbia and, if the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, is not the surviving Person, such Person shall assume, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, the performance of every covenant and obligation of the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, hereunder; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Article III hereof shall have been breached (for purposes hereof, such representations and warranties shall speak as of the date of the consummation of such transaction) and no Default, Event of Default, Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Servicer Default or Potential Servicer Default shall have occurred; and (iii) the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, has delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Managing Agent an Officer’s Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer complies with this Section 4.10 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the agreement referred to in Section 4.10(c)(iv) above is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such successor Person enforceable against such successor Person in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity).

Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption, of the Obligations of the Transferor or the Seller. (a) The Transferor shall not consolidate or merge with any other Person. (b) The Performance Guarantor shall not permit the sale, consolidation or merger to an entity or entities unaffiliated with the Performance Guarantor, of one or more Originators which are Affiliates of the Performance Guarantor, and that are responsible for the origination and sale to the Seller (pursuant to the Receivables Sale Agreement) of a material portion of the Receivables intended to be sold and transferred to the Issuer pursuant to the Transaction Documents or if any such action would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. (c) Any Person (i) into which the Transferor or the Seller may be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, shall be a party, (iii) that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease substantially all of the assets of the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, or (iv) succeeding to the business of the Performance Guarantor, USCC, the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, which Person shall execute an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement. The Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, shall provide notice of any merger, consolidation, succession, conveyance or transfer pursuant to this Section 4.10(b) to each Managing Agent. (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Transferor or the Seller shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless: (i) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, substantially as an entirety shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State or the District of Columbia and, if the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, is not the surviving Person, such Person shall assume, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, the performance of every covenant and obligation of the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, hereunder; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Article III hereof shall have been breached (for purposes hereof, such representations and warranties shall speak as of the date of the consummation of such transaction) and no Default, Event of Default, Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Servicer Default or Potential Servicer Default shall have occurred; and (iii) the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, has delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Managing Agent an Officer’s Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer complies with this Section 4.10 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the agreement referred to in Section 4.10(c)(iv4.10(b)(iv) above is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such successor Person enforceable against such successor Person in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity).

Merger or Consolidation of, or Assumption, of the Obligations of the Transferor or the Seller. (a) The Transferor shall not consolidate or merge with any other Person. (b) The Performance Guarantor shall not permit the sale, consolidation or merger to an entity or entities unaffiliated with the Performance Guarantor, of one or more Originators which are Affiliates of the Performance Guarantor, and that are responsible for the origination and sale to the Seller (pursuant to the Receivables Sale Agreement) of a material portion of the Receivables intended to be sold and transferred to the Issuer pursuant to the Transaction Documents or if any such action would be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. (c) Any Person (i) into which the Transferor or the Seller may be merged or consolidated, (ii) resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, shall be a party, (iii) that acquires by conveyance, transfer or lease substantially all of the assets of the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, or (iv) succeeding to the business of the Performance Guarantor, USCC, the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, which Person shall execute an agreement of assumption to perform every obligation of the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, under this Agreement, shall be the successor to the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, under this Agreement without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties to this Agreement. The Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, shall provide notice of any merger, consolidation, succession, conveyance or transfer pursuant to this Section 4.10(b) to each Managing Agent. (d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Transferor or the Seller shall consolidate with or merge into any other Person or convey or transfer its properties and assets substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless: (i) the Person formed by such consolidation or into which the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, is merged or the Person which acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties and assets of the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, substantially as an entirety shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State or the District of Columbia and, if the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, is not the surviving Person, such Person shall assume, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, the performance of every covenant and obligation of the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, hereunder; (ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no representation or warranty made pursuant to Article III hereof shall have been breached (for purposes hereof, such representations and warranties shall speak as of the date of the consummation of such transaction) and no Default, Event of Default, Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Servicer Default or Potential Servicer Default shall have occurred; and (iii) the Transferor or the Seller, as applicable, has delivered to the Administrative Agent and each Managing Agent an Officer’s Certificate stating that such consolidation, merger, conveyance or transfer complies with this Section 4.10 and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that the agreement referred to in Section 4.10(c)(iv4.10(bc)(iv) above is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such successor Person enforceable against such successor Person in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally from time to time in effect and except as such enforceability may be limited by general principles of equity (whether considered in a suit at law or in equity).