Due on Sale and Encumbrance; Transfers of Interests (a) Each of Borrower and Operating Lessee acknowledges that Lender has examined and relied on the experience of Borrower and Operating Lessee and their respective stockholders, general partners and members, as applicable, and principals of Borrower and Operating Lessee in owning and operating properties such as the Property in agreeing to make the Loan, and will continue to rely on Borrower’s ownership of the Properties as a means of maintaining the value of the Properties as security for repayment of the Debt and the performance of the Other Obligations. Borrower and Operating Lessee each acknowledge that Lender has a valid interest in maintaining the value of the Properties so as to ensure that, should Borrower default in the repayment of the Debt or Borrower or Operating Lessee default in the performance of the Other Obligations, Lender can recover the Debt by a sale of the Properties. Therefore, without the prior written consent of Lender, but, in each instance, subject to the express provisions of Article 7, neither Borrower nor Operating Lessee nor any other Loan Party nor any other Person having a direct or indirect ownership or beneficial interest in Borrower, Operating Lessee or in any other Loan Party shall sell, convey, mortgage, grant, bargain, encumber, pledge, assign or transfer any Individual Property or any part thereof, or any interest, direct or indirect, common, preferred or otherwise, in Borrower, Operating Lessee or in any other Loan Party, or in any Person holding any direct or indirect interest in Borrower, Operating Lessee or in any other Loan Party, whether voluntarily or involuntarily or enter into or subject any Individual Property to a PACE Loan (a “Transfer”). A Transfer within the meaning of this Section 4.2 shall be deemed to include, but not be limited to, (i) an installment sales agreement wherein Borrower agrees to sell any Individual Property or any part thereof for a price to be paid in installments; (ii) an agreement by Borrower or Operating Lessee for the leasing of all or a substantial part of any Individual Property for any purpose other than the actual occupancy by a space tenant thereunder or a sale, assignment or other transfer of, or the grant of a security interest in, Borrower’s right, title and interest in and to any Leases, or any Gross Revenue; (iii) if Borrower, Operating Lessee or any other Loan Party or any general partner, managing member or controlling shareholder of Borrower or of any other Loan Party is a corporation, the voluntary or involuntary sale, conveyance or transfer of such corporation’s stock (or the stock of any corporation directly or indirectly controlling such corporation by operation of law or otherwise) or the creation or issuance of new stock; (iv) if Borrower, Operating Lessee or any other Loan Party, or any general partner, managing member or controlling shareholder of Borrower, Operating Lessee, or of any other Loan Party is a limited or general partnership, joint venture or limited liability company, the change, removal, resignation or addition of a general partner, managing partner, limited partner, joint venturer or member or the transfer of the partnership interest of any general partner, managing partner or limited partner or the transfer of the interest of any joint venturer or member, and (v) any pledge, hypothecation, assignment, transfer or other encumbrance of any direct or indirect ownership interest in Borrower, Operating Lessee or in any other Loan Party.
