Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms Sample Clauses
Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. (a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:
(i) the Person formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger (if other than the Issuer) shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Depositor and the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction;
(iv) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;
(v) any action that is necessary to maintain the lien and security interest created by this Indenture shall have been taken; and
(vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Issuer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with this Article III and that all conditions precedent provided for in this Indenture relating to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing required by the Exchange Act).
(b) Other than as specifically contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the Issuer shall not convey or transfer any of its properties or assets, including those included in the Trust Estate, to any other Person, unless:
(i) the Person that acquires by conveyance or transfer the properties or assets of the Issuer the conveyance or transfer of which is hereby restricted (A) shall be a United States citizen or a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States or any State, (B) shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of thi...
Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. (a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:
(i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger shall (A) be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture and the Series Supplement on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein and in the Series Supplement, and (C) assume all obligations and succeed to all rights of the Issuer under the Sale Agreement, Servicing Agreement and the other Basic Document to which the Issuer is a party;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, no Default, Event of Default or Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such merger or consolidation;
(iv) the Issuer shall have delivered to Duke Energy Carolinas, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies an opinion or opinions of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Issuer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Duke Energy Carolinas and the Indenture Trustee, and which may be based on a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (unless the Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will not rule on the issues described in this paragraph)) to the effect that the consolidation or merger will not result in a material adverse U.S. federal or state income tax consequence to the Issuer, Duke Energy Carolinas, the Indenture Trustee or the then-existing Holders;
(v) any action as is necessary to maintain the Lien and the perfected security interest in the Collateral created by this Indenture shall have been taken as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer delivered to the Indenture Trustee; and
(vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and the Series Supplement and that all conditions precedent herein provided for in this Section 3.10(a) with respect to such transaction have been complied with (including any filing r...
Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. (a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or sell substantially all of the assets of the Issuer to any other Person, unless:
(i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger or to whom substantially all of the assets of the Issuer are sold shall (A) be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State, (B) expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture and the Series Supplement on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein and in the Series Supplement, and (C) assume all obligations and succeed to all rights of the Issuer under the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and the other Basic Documents to which the Issuer is a party (or under which the Issuer has rights) pursuant to an assignment and assumption agreement executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, no Default, Event of Default or Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) prior notice shall be given to the Rating Agencies and the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such merger or consolidation;
(iv) the Issuer shall have delivered to KGS, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies an opinion or opinions of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Issuer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to KGS and the Indenture Trustee, and which may be based on a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service) to the effect that the consolidation or merger will not result in a material adverse U.S. federal or state income tax consequence to the Issuer, KGS, the Indenture Trustee or the then-existing Holders;
(v) any action as is necessary to maintain the Lien and the perfected security interest in the Trust Estate created by this Indenture and the Series Supplement shall have been taken as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer delivered to the Indenture Trustee; and
(vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with thi...
Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. (a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:
(1) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the duty to make due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein;
(2) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(3) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such transaction;
(4) the Issuer shall have received an Opinion of Counsel (and shall have delivered copies thereof to the Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such transaction will not have any material adverse tax consequence to the Issuer, any Noteholder or any Certificateholder;
(5) any action that is necessary to maintain each lien and security interest created by the Trust Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement or this Indenture shall have been taken; and
Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. The Issuer shall not consolidate with or merge or amalgamate into another Person, or sell, assign, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person (other than a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Issuer), unless:
(a) either the Issuer is the continuing Person or the successor Person (if other than the Issuer) is organized under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, the District of Columbia, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Barbados or any country or state which is on the date of this Indenture a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and expressly assumes by supplemental indenture the obligations and covenants evidenced by this Indenture and the Securities;
(b) immediately thereafter, no Event of Default, and no event which after notice or lapse of time or both would become an Event of Default, shall have happened and be continuing; and
(c) the Issuer has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger or amalgamation and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, comply with this Article and Article 8 and that all conditions precedent provided for herein relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:
Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. (a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:
(i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger shall a. be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State, b. expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form and substance satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture and the Series Supplement on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein and in the Series Supplement, and c. assume all obligations and succeed to all rights of the Issuer under the Sale Agreement, the Servicing Agreement and each other Basic Document to which the Issuer is a party;
(ii) immediately after giving effect to such merger or consolidation, no Default, Event of Default or Servicer Default shall have occurred and be continuing;
(iii) the Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such merger or consolidation;
(iv) the Issuer shall have delivered to Ameren Missouri, the Indenture Trustee and the Rating Agencies an opinion or opinions of outside tax counsel (as selected by the Issuer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Ameren Missouri, and which may be based on a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (unless the Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will not rule on the issues described in this paragraph)) to the effect that the consolidation or merger will not result in a material adverse federal or State income tax consequence to the Issuer, Ameren Missouri, the Indenture Trustee or the then existing Bondholders;
(v) any action as is necessary to maintain the Lien and the perfected security interest in the Securitized Utility Tariff Bond Collateral created by this Indenture and the Series Supplement shall have been taken as evidenced by an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer delivered to the Indenture Trustee; and
(vi) the Issuer shall have delivered to the Indenture Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel of external counsel of the Issuer each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental indenture comply with this Indenture and each Series Supplement and that all conditions precedent herein provided for in this Section 3.10(a) with respect to such transaction have been complied with (includ...
Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. (a) The Issuer shall not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person, unless:
(i) the Person (if other than the Issuer) formed by or surviving such consolidation or merger shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any State and shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto, executed and delivered to the Indenture Trustee, in form satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, the due and punctual payment of the principal of and interest on all Notes and the performance or observance of every agreement and covenant of this Indenture on the part of the Issuer to be performed or observed, all as provided herein;
Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. (a) The Issuer shall not merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into or wind up into (whether or not the Issuer is the surviving Person), or sell, assign, transfer, lease, convey or otherwise dispose of all or substantially all of the properties or assets of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (net of any associated non-recourse or secured obligations), in one or more related transactions, to any Person unless:
(1) the Issuer is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving any such merger, consolidation or amalgamation (if other than the Issuer) or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or other disposition will have been made is a Person organized or existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of organization of the Issuer or the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, or any territory thereof (such Person, as the case may be, being herein called the “Successor Company”); provided that in the case where the Successor Company is not a corporation, a corporation becomes a co-obligor of the Notes;
(2) the Successor Company, if other than the Issuer, expressly assumes all the Obligations of the Issuer under this Indenture and the Notes, in each case, pursuant to supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments in form reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee;
(3) immediately after such transaction, no Event of Default exists;
(4) immediately after giving pro forma effect to such transaction and any related financing transactions, as if such transactions had occurred at the beginning of the Applicable Measurement Period,
(A) the Successor Company or the Issuer would be permitted to incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under the provisions of Section 10.11(a), or
(B) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the Issuer (or the Successor Company, as applicable) and its Restricted Subsidiaries would be equal to or greater than the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of the Issuer and its Restricted Subsidiaries for the Applicable Measurement Period immediately prior to such transaction; and
(5) the Issuer or, if applicable, the Successor Company shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition and such supplemental indentures or other documents or instruments, if any, comply with this Indenture.
(b) The Succe...
Issuer May Consolidate, etc., Only on Certain Terms. The Issuer shall not consolidate with or merge or amalgamate into another Person, or sell or otherwise transfer, other than for cash, all or substantially all its assets to another Person, in each case unless:
(a) either the Issuer is the continuing Person, or the successor Person (if other than the Issuer) expressly assumes by supplemental indenture the obligations and covenants evidenced by this Indenture and the Securities (in which case, the Issuer will be discharged therefrom);
(b) immediately thereafter, the Issuer or the successor Person (if other than the Issuer) would not be in default in the performance of any covenant or condition contained herein; and
(c) a specified Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel are delivered to the Trustee, each (i) stating that such consolidation, merger, amalgamation, sale or other transfer, as the case may be, and any supplemental indenture pertaining thereto, comply with Articles 8 and 9, respectively, and (ii) otherwise complying with Section 11.5 herein.