Merger or Consolidation of the Primary Servicer. The Primary Servicer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation. The Primary Servicer shall continue to be authorized to transact business in the state or states in which the Mortgaged Properties for the Mortgage Loans are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law, except where the failure to so comply would not adversely affect the Primary Servicer’s ability to perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Any Person into which the Primary Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Primary Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the business of the Primary Servicer, shall be the successor of the Primary Servicer 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 the successor or surviving Person (i) must be a business entity whose business includes the servicing of mortgage loans and shall be authorized to transact business in the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated to the extent required by applicable law, (ii) must be acceptable to the Master Servicer, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, (iii) shall have assumed in writing the obligations of the Primary Servicer under this Agreement, and (iv) must not be a Prohibited Party.
Merger or Consolidation of the Primary Servicer. The Primary Servicer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a national banking association under the laws of the United States of America. The Primary Servicer shall continue to be authorized to transact business in the state or states in which the Mortgaged Properties for the Mortgage Loan and the Serviced Companion Loans are situated, if and to the extent required by applicable law, except where the failure to so comply would not adversely affect the Primary Servicer’s ability to perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Any Person into which the Primary Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Primary Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the business of the Primary Servicer, shall be the successor of the Primary Servicer 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 the successor or surviving Person (i) must be a business entity whose business includes the servicing of mortgage loans and shall be authorized to transact business in the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated to the extent required by applicable law, (ii) must be listed on S&P’s Select Servicer List as a U.S. Commercial Mortgage Servicer, and (iii) shall have assumed in writing the obligations of the Primary Servicer under this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Primary Servicer may not remain the Primary Servicer under this Agreement after (x) being merged or consolidated with or into any Person that is a Prohibited Party, or (y) transferring all or substantially all of its assets to any Person if such Person is a Prohibited Party, except to the extent that (i) the Primary Servicer is the surviving entity of such merger, consolidation or transfer and has been and continues to be in compliance with its Regulation AB reporting obligations hereunder or under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement or (ii) the Depositor consents to such merger, consolidation or transfer, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Merger or Consolidation of the Primary Servicer. The Primary Servicer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a limited liability company under the laws of the state of its formation except as permitted herein, and shall obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign limited liability company in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans and Serviced Companion Loans and to perform its duties under this Agreement. Any Person into which the Primary Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any limited liability company resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Primary Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the Primary Servicer, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all of the servicing business of the Primary Servicer, shall be the successor of the Primary Servicer 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 the successor or surviving Person (i) must be a company whose business is the origination and servicing of mortgage loans and shall be authorized to transact business in the state or states in which the related Mortgaged Properties it is to service is situated, (ii) must be reasonably acceptable to the Master Servicer, and (iii) shall assume in writing the obligations of the Primary Servicer under this Agreement.
Merger or Consolidation of the Primary Servicer. (a) Subject to the following paragraph, the Primary Servicer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a corporation under the laws of the state of its organization except as permitted herein and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement or any of the Mortgage Loans and to perform its duties under this Agreement.
Merger or Consolidation of the Primary Servicer. The Primary Servicer shall keep in full effect its existence, rights and franchises as a limited liability company under the laws of the state of its formation except as permitted herein, and shall obtain and preserve its qualification to do business as a foreign limited liability company in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is or shall be necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement or the Mortgage Loans and to perform its duties under this Agreement. Any Person into which the Primary Servicer may be merged or consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which the Primary Servicer shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business or substantially all of the servicing business of the Primary Servicer, shall be the successor of the Primary Servicer 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 the successor or surviving Person (i) must be a company whose business includes the servicing of mortgage loans and shall be authorized to transact business in each state in which the Mortgaged Properties it is to service are situated, (ii) must be acceptable to the Master Servicer (which acceptance shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), and (iii) shall assume in writing the obligations of the Primary Servicer under this Agreement.
Merger or Consolidation of the Primary Servicer. Subject to the following paragraph, the Primary Servicer will keep in full effect its existence, rights and good standing as a corporation, bank, trust company, partnership, limited liability company, association or other legal entity under the laws of the jurisdiction wherein it was organized and will preserve its ability to do business in each jurisdiction in which the Mortgaged Properties are located to the extent necessary to protect the validity and enforceability of this Agreement, the Certificates or any of the Mortgage Loans or to perform its duties under this Agreement. The Primary Servicer 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 it shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to its business, shall be the successor of the Primary Servicer, and shall be deemed to have assumed all of the liabilities of the Primary Servicer hereunder, in each case without the execution or filing of any paper; provided, however, that no successor or surviving Person shall succeed to the rights of the Primary Servicer unless the Primary Servicer has delivered or cause to have been delivered to the Master Servicer a Rating Agency Confirmation to the effect that such merger or consolidation or transfer of assets and succession will not result in a qualification, downgrade or withdrawal of any rating assigned by a Rating Agency to any Class of Certificates. The provisions set forth above in this paragraph shall be subject to Section 4.02(d) hereof.
