Common use of Covenant Not to Merge, Consolidate Clause in Contracts

Covenant Not to Merge, Consolidate. Sell or Convey Property Except under Certain Conditions. So long as Debt Securities are outstanding, the Issuer shall not consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or convey, transfer or lease its properties and assets as an entirety or substantially as an entirety to any Person, unless: (a) the corporation formed by such consolidation or into which the Issuer is merged or which purchases or acquires by conveyance or transfer, or which leases, the properties and assets of the Issuer as an entirety or substantially as an entirety, shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia; (b) upon any such consolidation, merger, sale, lease or conveyance, the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all the Debt Securities, according to their tenor, and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed or observed by the Issuer, shall be expressly assumed, by supplemental indenture satisfactory in form to the Trustee, executed and delivered to the Trustee, by the corporation formed by such consolidation, or into which the Issuer shall have been merged, or which shall have acquired such property; and (c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Event of Default, and no event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would become an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

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Sources: Trust Indenture (Financial Security Assurance Holdings LTD/Ny/), Trust Indenture (Financial Security Assurance Holdings LTD/Ny/)