Common use of Merger or Sale Clause in Contracts

Merger or Sale. (i) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole in one or more related transactions, to any other Person, unless (A) either the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made assumes in writing all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the other Transaction Documents, and (C) immediately after such transaction, no default or Event of Default exists. The foregoing paragraph in this Section 9(j)(i) shall not apply to (x) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate with no material assets, liabilities or operations solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction; or (y) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such consolidation or merger shall comply with subclauses (A) and (B) in the foregoing paragraph. (ii) Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries permitted by Section 9(j)(i) hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company or such Subsidiary is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company,” or to a “Subsidiary” shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be), may exercise every right and power of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or a Subsidiary herein and shall be bound by every obligation and liability of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note and the other Transaction Documents, however, that the predecessor Person shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes.

Merger or Sale. (i) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole in one or more related transactions, to any other Person, unless (A) either the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (1) assumes in writing all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the other Transaction DocumentsDocuments and (2) causes to be delivered to each Holder of any Notes an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Investor Representative, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof, and (C) immediately after such transaction, no default or Event of Default exists. The foregoing paragraph in this Section 9(j)(i8(k)(i) shall not apply to (x) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate with no material assets, liabilities or operations solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction; or (y) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such consolidation or merger shall comply with subclauses (A) and (B) in the foregoing paragraph. (ii) Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries permitted by Section 9(j)(i8(k)(i) hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company or such Subsidiary is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company,” or to a “Subsidiary” shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be), may exercise every right and power of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or a Subsidiary herein and shall be bound by every obligation and liability of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note and the other Transaction Documents, however, that the predecessor Person shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes.

Merger or Sale. (i) i. The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation)Person, or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole in one or more related transactions, to any other Person, unless (A) either the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation corporation, or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (1) assumes in writing all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the other Transaction DocumentsDocuments and (2) causes to be delivered to each Holder of any Notes an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Investor Representative, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof, and (C) immediately after such transaction, no default or Event of Default exists. The foregoing paragraph in this Section 9(j)(i8(k)(i) shall not apply to (x) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate with no material assets, liabilities or operations solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction; or (y) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such consolidation or merger shall comply with subclauses (A) and (B) in the foregoing paragraph. (ii) . Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries permitted by Section 9(j)(i8(k)(i) hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company or such Subsidiary is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company,” or to a “Subsidiary” shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be), may exercise every right and power of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or a Subsidiary herein and shall be bound by every obligation and liability of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note and the other Transaction Documents, however, that the predecessor Person shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes.;

Merger or Sale. (i) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole in one or more related transactions, to any other Person, unless (A) either the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (1) assumes in writing all the obligations of the Company under the Notes Note and the other Transaction DocumentsDocuments and (2) causes to be delivered to the Holder an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Holder, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof, and (C) immediately after such transaction, no default or Event of Default exists. The foregoing paragraph in this Section 9(j)(i6(k)(i) shall not apply to (x) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate with no material assets, liabilities or operations solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction; or (y) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such consolidation or merger shall comply with subclauses (A) and (B) in the foregoing paragraph. (ii) Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries permitted by Section 9(j)(i6(k)(i) hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company or such Subsidiary is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company,” or to a “Subsidiary” shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be), may exercise every right and power of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or a Subsidiary herein and shall be bound by every obligation and liability of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note and the other Transaction Documents, however, that the predecessor Person shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the NotesNote.

Merger or Sale. (i) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation)Person, or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole in one or more related transactions, to any other Person, unless (A) either the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation corporation, or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (1) assumes in writing all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the other Transaction DocumentsDocuments and (2) causes to be delivered to each Holder of any Notes an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Investor Representative, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof, and (C) immediately after such transaction, no default or Event of Default exists. ; The foregoing paragraph in this Section 9(j)(i8(k)(i) shall not apply to (x) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate with no material assets, liabilities or operations solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction; or (y) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such consolidation or merger shall comply with subclauses (A) and (B) in the foregoing paragraph.; (ii) Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries permitted by Section 9(j)(i8(k)(i) hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company or such Subsidiary is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company,” or to a “Subsidiary” shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be), may exercise every right and power of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or a Subsidiary herein and shall be bound by every obligation and liability of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note and the other Transaction Documents, however, that the predecessor Person shall not be relieved from the obligation obligations to make Gold deliveries, pay interest or comply with the principal other obligations of and interest on the Notes.Company hereunder;

Merger or Sale. (i) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation)Person, or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole in one or more related transactions, to any other Person, unless (A) either the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation corporation, or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (1) assumes in writing all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the other Transaction DocumentsDocuments and (2) causes to be delivered to each Holder of any Notes an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Investor Representative, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof, and (C) immediately after such transaction, no default or Event of Default exists. The foregoing paragraph in this Section 9(j)(i8(k)(i) shall not apply to (x) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate with no material assets, liabilities or operations solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction; or (y) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such consolidation or merger shall comply with subclauses (A) and (B) in the foregoing paragraph. (ii) Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries permitted by Section 9(j)(i8(k)(i) hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company or such Subsidiary is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company,” or to a “Subsidiary” shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be), may exercise every right and power of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or a Subsidiary herein and shall be bound by every obligation and liability of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note and the other Transaction Documents, however, that the predecessor Person shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes.;

Merger or Sale. (i) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole in one or more related transactions, to any other Person, unless (A) either the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (1) assumes in writing all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the other Transaction DocumentsDocuments and (2) causes to be delivered to each Holder of any Notes an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Investor Representative, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof, and (C) immediately after such transaction, no default or Event of Default exists. The foregoing paragraph in this Section 9(j)(i9(k)(i) shall not apply to (x) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate with no material assets, liabilities or operations solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction; or (y) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such consolidation or merger shall comply with subclauses (A) and (B) in the foregoing paragraph. (ii) Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries permitted by Section 9(j)(i9(k)(i) hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company or such Subsidiary is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company,” or to a “Subsidiary” shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be), may exercise every right and power of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or a Subsidiary herein and shall be bound by every obligation and liability of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note and the other Transaction Documents, however, that the predecessor Person shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes.

Merger or Sale. (i) The Except for the pending transaction with PHMD, and for the pending sale of the Amarillo Hotel Property, the Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation), or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole in one or more related transactions, to any other Person, unless (A) either the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (1) assumes in writing all the obligations of the Company under the Notes Note and the other Transaction DocumentsDocuments and (2) causes to be delivered to each Holder of any Note an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof, and (C) immediately after such transaction, no default or Event of Default exists. The foregoing paragraph in this Section 9(j)(i9(k)(i) shall not apply to (x) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate with no material assets, liabilities or operations solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction; or (y) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such consolidation or merger shall comply with subclauses (A) and (B) in the foregoing paragraph. (ii) Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries permitted by Section 9(j)(i9(k)(i) hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company or such Subsidiary is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company,” or to a “Subsidiary” shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be), may exercise every right and power of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or a Subsidiary herein and shall be bound by every obligation and liability of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note and the other Transaction Documents, however, that the predecessor Person shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the NotesNote.

Merger or Sale. (i) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, consolidate or merge with or into another Person (whether or not the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation)Person, or sell, assign, transfer, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole in one or more related transactions, to any other Person, unless (A) either the Company or such Subsidiary is the surviving corporation corporation, or the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made is a corporation organized or existing under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (B) the Person formed by or surviving any such consolidation or merger (if other than the Company or such Subsidiary) or the Person to which such sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition shall have been made (1) assumes in writing all the obligations of the Company under the Notes and the other Transaction DocumentsDocuments and (2) causes to be delivered to each Holder of any Notes an opinion of nationally recognized independent counsel, or other independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Investor Representative, to the effect that all agreements or instruments effecting such assumption are enforceable in accordance with their terms and comply with the terms hereof, and (C) immediately after such transaction, no default or Event of Default exists. The foregoing paragraph in this Section 9(j)(i8(k)(i) shall not apply to (x) a merger of the Company with an Affiliate with no material assets, liabilities or operations solely for the purpose of reincorporating the Company in another jurisdiction; or (y) any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance, lease or other disposition of assets between or among the Company and its Subsidiaries; provided, however, that such consolidation or merger shall comply with subclauses (A) and (B) in the foregoing paragraph. (ii) Upon any consolidation or merger, or any sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries permitted by Section 9(j)(i8(k)(i) hereof, the successor corporation formed by such consolidation or into or with which the Company or such Subsidiary is merged or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for (so that from and after the date of such consolidation, merger, sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition, the provisions of this Note referring to the “Company,” or to a “Subsidiary” shall refer instead to the successor corporation and not to the Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be), may exercise every right and power of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Company or a Subsidiary herein and shall be bound by every obligation and liability of the Company or such Subsidiary under this Note and the other Transaction Documents, however, that the predecessor Person shall not be relieved from the obligation to pay the principal of and interest on the Notes.