Common use of Prohibition on Fundamental Changes Clause in Contracts

Prohibition on Fundamental Changes. No North American Group Member shall, at any time, directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction of merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation, winding up or dissolution) or Dispose of all or substantially all of its Property without the Approving Party’s prior consent, provided that, (a) any North American Group Member may merge with, consolidate with, amalgamate with, or Dispose of all or substantially all of its Property (and thereafter wind up or dissolve itself) to, (i) another North American Group Member or (ii) any other Person pursuant to the Transaction Documents; provided that (A) such action does not result in the material diminishment of the Collateral, (B) (x) in the case of a merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into the Issuer, the Issuer shall be the continuing or surviving entity or, in the event that the Issuer is not the continuing or surviving entity, (1) the surviving entity expressly assumes the obligations of the Issuer under the Secured Note Documents and UST Facility and (2) the surviving entity is organized under the laws of a State in the United States, and (y) in the case of a merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into any Guarantor, such Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving entity or, in the event that such Guarantor is not the continuing or surviving entity, (1) the surviving entity expressly assumes the obligations of such Guarantor under the Secured Note Documents and UST Facility or promptly after the consummation of such transaction, the continuing or surviving corporation shall become a Guarantor, and (2) the surviving entity is organized under the laws of a State in the United States, and (C) any Guarantor may otherwise merge, consolidate, amalgamate into or divest of all or substantially all of its Property only to another Issuer Party.

Prohibition on Fundamental Changes. No North American Group Member shall, at any time, directly or indirectly, enter into any transaction of merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation, winding up or dissolution) or Dispose of all or substantially all of its Property without the Approving PartyLender’s prior consent, provided that, (a) any North American Group Member may merge with, consolidate with, amalgamate with, or Dispose of all or substantially all of its Property (and thereafter wind up or dissolve itself) to, (i) another North American Group Member or (ii) any other Person pursuant to the Transaction Documents; provided that (A) such action does not result in the material diminishment of the Collateral, (B) (x) in the case of a merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into the IssuerBorrower, the Issuer Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving entity or, in the event that the Issuer Borrower is not the continuing or surviving entity, (1) the surviving entity expressly assumes the obligations of the Issuer Borrower under the Secured Note Loan Documents and UST the VEBA Note Facility and (2) the surviving entity is organized under the laws of a State in the United States, and (y) in the case of a merger, consolidation or amalgamation with or into any Guarantor, such Guarantor shall be the continuing or surviving entity or, in the event that such Guarantor is not the continuing or surviving entity, (1) the surviving entity expressly assumes the obligations of such Guarantor under the Secured Note Loan Documents and UST the VEBA Note Facility or promptly after the consummation of such transaction, the continuing or surviving corporation shall become a Guarantor, and (2) the surviving entity is organized under the laws of a State in the United States, and (C) any Guarantor may otherwise merge, consolidate, amalgamate into or divest of all or substantially all of its Property only to another Issuer Loan Party.