Section 7.2 When Guarantor May Merge, Etc.
Nothing contained in this Indenture or in the Notes shall prevent any consolidation or merger of the Guarantor with or into any other person or persons (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor), or successive consolidations or mergers in which either the Guarantor will be the continuing entity or the Guarantor or its successor or successors shall be a party or parties, or shall prevent any sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the property of the Guarantor, to any other person (whether or not affiliated with the Guarantor); provided, however, that the following conditions are met:
(a) the Guarantor shall be the continuing entity, or the successor entity (if other than the Guarantor) formed by or resulting from any consolidation or merger or which shall have received the transfer of assets shall be domiciled in the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia and shall expressly assume the obligations of the Guarantor under the Guarantee and the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions in this Indenture;
(b) 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; and
(c) either the Guarantor or the successor person, in either case, shall have delivered to the Trustee an Officers’ Certificate of the Guarantor and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation, merger, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture comply with this Article VII and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with.
Section 7.3 Successor Corporation Substituted.
If the Company or the Guarantor shall, in any transaction or series of related transactions, consolidate or amalgamate with or merge into any person or sell, assign, transfer, lease or otherwise convey all or substantially all its assets to any person, in each case in accordance with Section 7.1 and Section 7.2, as applicable, the successor person formed by or resulting from such consolidation, amalgamation or merger or to which such sale, assignment, transfer, lease or other conveyance of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, is made, shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, under this Indenture, with respect to the outstanding Notes, with the same effect as if such successor person had been named as the Company or the Guarantor, as applicable, herein; and thereafter, except in the case of a lease, the predecessor person shall be released from all obligations and covenants under this Indenture, the Notes, and the Guarantee, as applicable.
ARTICLE VIII.
DEFAULTS AND REMEDIES
Sections 8.1 and 8.2 hereof shall replace Sections 6.1 and 6.2 of the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes only.
Section 8.1 Events of Default.
“Event of Default,” wherever used herein or in the Base Indenture with respect to the Notes, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body):
(a) default for thirty (30) days in the payment of any installment of interest under the Notes; or
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